#4EC5D5#4EC5D5

#4EC5D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.107 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5D5
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 213)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -28.19, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 33.37, 212.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0949 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.107 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1133, 46.3525, 70.0343)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5D5 #D55E4E

analogous

#4ED5A2 #4EC5D5 #4E82D5

triadic

#4EC5D5 #D54EC5 #C5D54E

tetradic

#4EC5D5 #A24ED5 #D55E4E #82D54E

square

#4EC5D5 #A24ED5 #D55E4E #82D54E

split-complementary

#4EC5D5 #D54E82 #D5A24E

monochromatic

#207C88 #2CA9BA #4EC5D5 #7FD5E1 #B1E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4EC5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#4EC5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5D5

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5D5	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.107 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7e2',
    500: '#4ec5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5d5;
$custom-light: #8ed7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.111,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76303,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5D5

secondary

#DBAAA4

accent

#5643E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5D5

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

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