#4EC5BD#4EC5BD

#4EC5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.106 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5BD
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -34.91, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 35.40, 189.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.1051 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.106 189)
XYZ	xyz(32.2894, 45.2229, 55.1615)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5BD #C54E56

analogous

#4EC582 #4EC5BD #4E92C5

triadic

#4EC5BD #BD4EC5 #C5BD4E

tetradic

#4EC5BD #824EC5 #C54E56 #92C54E

square

#4EC5BD #824EC5 #C54E56 #92C54E

split-complementary

#4EC5BD #C54E92 #C5824E

monochromatic

#26736E #35A19A #4EC5BD #7CD4CE #AAE3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#4EC5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#4EC5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5BD

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5BD	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.106 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7d0',
    500: '#4ec5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5bd;
$custom-light: #8dd7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.966,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75465,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.45226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5BD

secondary

#D19EA1

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5BD

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

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