#4EC8A6#4EC8A6

#4EC8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC8A6
RGB	rgb(78, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(163, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -42.10, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 42.68, 170.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.1186 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.12 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6758, 45.6783, 43.2692)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC8A6 #C84E70

analogous

#4EC869 #4EC8A6 #4EADC8

triadic

#4EC8A6 #A64EC8 #C8A64E

tetradic

#4EC8A6 #694EC8 #C84E70 #ADC84E

square

#4EC8A6 #694EC8 #C84E70 #ADC84E

split-complementary

#4EC8A6 #C84EAD #C8694E

monochromatic

#257760 #33A586 #4EC8A6 #7DD7BD #ABE5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#4EC8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#4EC8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC8A6

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC8A6	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9c0',
    500: '#4ec8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec8a6;
$custom-light: #8cd9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.279,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75507,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC8A6

secondary

#D39FAD

accent

#4C74DC

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC8A6

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

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