#4EC5CE#4EC5CE

#4EC5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.106 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5CE
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -30.20, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 33.46, 205.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0978 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.106 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2440, 46.0048, 65.4557)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5CE #CE574E

analogous

#4ECE97 #4EC5CE #4E85CE

triadic

#4EC5CE #CE4EC5 #C5CE4E

tetradic

#4EC5CE #974ECE #CE574E #85CE4E

square

#4EC5CE #974ECE #CE574E #85CE4E

split-complementary

#4EC5CE #CE4E85 #CE974E

monochromatic

#23787F #30A6AE #4EC5CE #7ED5DB #AEE4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4EC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#4EC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5CE

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5CE	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.106 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7dd',
    500: '#4ec5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5ce;
$custom-light: #8ed7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.219,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76047,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5CE

secondary

#D7A5A1

accent

#5348E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5CE

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

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