#4EC5BC#4EC5BC

#4EC5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5BC
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -35.17, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 35.59, 188.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.1055 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.107 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1812, 45.1797, 54.5918)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5BC #C54E57

analogous

#4EC581 #4EC5BC #4E93C5

triadic

#4EC5BC #BC4EC5 #C5BC4E

tetradic

#4EC5BC #814EC5 #C54E57 #93C54E

square

#4EC5BC #814EC5 #C54E57 #93C54E

split-complementary

#4EC5BC #C54E93 #C5814E

monochromatic

#26736D #35A199 #4EC5BC #7CD4CD #AAE3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#4EC5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#4EC5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5BC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5BC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7d0',
    500: '#4ec5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5bc;
$custom-light: #8cd7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.462,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5BC

secondary

#D19EA2

accent

#4E58DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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