#4EC8A9#4EC8A9

#4EC8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC8A9
RGB	rgb(78, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -41.38, 5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 41.74, 172.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1172 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.118 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9542, 45.7896, 44.7354)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC8A9 #C84E6D

analogous

#4EC86C #4EC8A9 #4EAAC8

triadic

#4EC8A9 #A94EC8 #C8A94E

tetradic

#4EC8A9 #6C4EC8 #C84E6D #AAC84E

square

#4EC8A9 #6C4EC8 #C84E6D #AAC84E

split-complementary

#4EC8A9 #C84EAA #C86C4E

monochromatic

#257762 #33A588 #4EC8A9 #7DD7C0 #ABE5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#4EC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#4EC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC8A9

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC8A9	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9c2',
    500: '#4ec8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec8a9;
$custom-light: #8cd9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.754,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7559,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC8A9

secondary

#D39FAC

accent

#4C70DC

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC8A9

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

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