#4EC5DB#4EC5DB

#4EC5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.109 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5DB
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 10%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -26.43, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 33.64, 218.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0925 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.109 212)
XYZ	xyz(35.8890, 46.6628, 74.1195)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5DB #DB644E

analogous

#4EDBAB #4EC5DB #4E7EDB

triadic

#4EC5DB #DB4EC5 #C5DB4E

tetradic

#4EC5DB #AB4EDB #DB644E #7EDB4E

square

#4EC5DB #AB4EDB #DB644E #7EDB4E

split-complementary

#4EC5DB #DB4E7E #DBAB4E

monochromatic

#1E7F91 #28ACC4 #4EC5DB #81D6E5 #B4E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4EC5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#4EC5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5DB

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5DB	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.109 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7e6',
    500: '#4ec5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5db;
$custom-light: #8fd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.362,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7653,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.46667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5DB

secondary

#DEAFA6

accent

#593FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5DB

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

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