#4EC9A2#4EC9A2

#4EC9A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9A2
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 162)
HSL	hsl(161, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 19.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -43.48, 9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 44.49, 167.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.1215 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.124 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5469, 45.9985, 41.4442)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9A2 #C94E75

analogous

#4EC965 #4EC9A2 #4EB2C9

triadic

#4EC9A2 #A24EC9 #C9A24E

tetradic

#4EC9A2 #654EC9 #C94E75 #B2C94E

square

#4EC9A2 #654EC9 #C94E75 #B2C94E

split-complementary

#4EC9A2 #C94EB2 #C9654E

monochromatic

#25785E #33A782 #4EC9A2 #7DD7BB #ACE6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4EC9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#4EC9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9A2

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9A2	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BCA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdabd',
    500: '#4ec9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9a2;
$custom-light: #8cdabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.976,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75646,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9A2

secondary

#D39FB0

accent

#4B79DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9A2

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

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