#4EC5CB#4EC5CB

#4EC5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5CB
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -31.05, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 33.63, 202.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.099 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.105 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8830, 45.8604, 63.5546)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5CB #CB544E

analogous

#4ECB92 #4EC5CB #4E86CB

triadic

#4EC5CB #CB4EC5 #C5CB4E

tetradic

#4EC5CB #924ECB #CB544E #86CB4E

square

#4EC5CB #924ECB #CB544E #86CB4E

split-complementary

#4EC5CB #CB4E86 #CB924E

monochromatic

#24767B #32A4AA #4EC5CB #7DD5D9 #ADE4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4EC5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#4EC5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5CB

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5CB	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7da',
    500: '#4ec5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5cb;
$custom-light: #8ed7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.88,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7594,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5CB

secondary

#D5A3A0

accent

#514ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5CB

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

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