#4EC5CF#4EC5CF

#4EC5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.106 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5CF
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -29.92, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 33.42, 206.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0974 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.106 203)
XYZ	xyz(34.3658, 46.0535, 66.0975)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5CF #CF584E

analogous

#4ECF98 #4EC5CF #4E84CF

triadic

#4EC5CF #CF4EC5 #C5CF4E

tetradic

#4EC5CF #984ECF #CF584E #84CF4E

square

#4EC5CF #984ECF #CF584E #84CF4E

split-complementary

#4EC5CF #CF4E84 #CF984E

monochromatic

#237980 #30A6B0 #4EC5CF #7ED5DC #AEE5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4EC5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#4EC5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5CF

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5CF	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.106 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7dd',
    500: '#4ec5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5cf;
$custom-light: #8ed7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.651,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76083,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.46057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5CF

secondary

#D7A6A2

accent

#5347E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5CF

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

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