#4EC5CD#4EC5CD

#4EC5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.105 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5CD
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -30.49, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 33.51, 204.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0982 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.105 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1229, 45.9563, 64.8179)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5CD #CD564E

analogous

#4ECD96 #4EC5CD #4E85CD

triadic

#4EC5CD #CD4EC5 #C5CD4E

tetradic

#4EC5CD #964ECD #CD564E #85CD4E

square

#4EC5CD #964ECD #CD564E #85CD4E

split-complementary

#4EC5CD #CD4E85 #CD964E

monochromatic

#23787D #31A5AD #4EC5CD #7ED5DA #ADE4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4EC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#4EC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5CD

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5CD	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.105 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7dc',
    500: '#4ec5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5cd;
$custom-light: #8ed7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.78,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5CD

secondary

#D6A4A1

accent

#5249DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5CD

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

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