#4EC5CA#4EC5CA

#4EC5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5CA
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -31.33, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 33.70, 201.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0995 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.105 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7642, 45.8129, 62.9290)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5CA #CA534E

analogous

#4ECA91 #4EC5CA #4E87CA

triadic

#4EC5CA #CA4EC5 #C5CA4E

tetradic

#4EC5CA #914ECA #CA534E #87CA4E

square

#4EC5CA #914ECA #CA534E #87CA4E

split-complementary

#4EC5CA #CA4E87 #CA914E

monochromatic

#247679 #32A4A8 #4EC5CA #7DD4D8 #ACE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#4EC5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#4EC5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5CA

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5CA	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7da',
    500: '#4ec5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5ca;
$custom-light: #8dd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75904,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5CA

secondary

#D4A2A0

accent

#504BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5CA

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

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