#4EC5DC#4EC5DC

#4EC5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.109 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5DC
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -26.13, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 33.71, 219.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0921 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.109 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0210, 46.7156, 74.8149)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5DC #DC654E

analogous

#4EDCAC #4EC5DC #4E7EDC

triadic

#4EC5DC #DC4EC5 #C5DC4E

tetradic

#4EC5DC #AC4EDC #DC654E #7EDC4E

square

#4EC5DC #AC4EDC #DC654E #7EDC4E

split-complementary

#4EC5DC #DC4E7E #DCAC4E

monochromatic

#1D8093 #27ACC6 #4EC5DC #81D6E6 #B4E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4EC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#4EC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5DC

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5DC	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.109 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7e6',
    500: '#4ec5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5dc;
$custom-light: #8fd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.718,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76568,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5DC

secondary

#DFB0A7

accent

#5A3EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5DC

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

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