#4EC5C8#4EC5C8

#4EC5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.105 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5C8
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -31.89, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 33.88, 199.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.1003 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.105 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5289, 45.7188, 61.6900)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5C8 #C8514E

analogous

#4EC88E #4EC5C8 #4E88C8

triadic

#4EC5C8 #C84EC5 #C5C84E

tetradic

#4EC5C8 #8E4EC8 #C8514E #88C84E

square

#4EC5C8 #8E4EC8 #C8514E #88C84E

split-complementary

#4EC5C8 #C84E88 #C88E4E

monochromatic

#257577 #33A3A5 #4EC5C8 #7DD4D7 #ABE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#4EC5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#4EC5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5C8

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5C8	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.105 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7d8',
    500: '#4ec5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5c8;
$custom-light: #8dd7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75835,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5C8

secondary

#D3A09F

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5C8

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

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