#4EC9AC#4EC9AC

#4EC9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9AC
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 14.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -41.09, 4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 41.32, 173.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.1169 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.117 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4714, 46.3683, 46.3131)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9AC #C94E6B

analogous

#4EC96F #4EC9AC #4EA8C9

triadic

#4EC9AC #AC4EC9 #C9AC4E

tetradic

#4EC9AC #6F4EC9 #C94E6B #A8C94E

square

#4EC9AC #6F4EC9 #C94E6B #A8C94E

split-complementary

#4EC9AC #C94EA8 #C96F4E

monochromatic

#257864 #33A78C #4EC9AC #7DD7C2 #ACE6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4EC9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#4EC9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9AC

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9AC	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdac4',
    500: '#4ec9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9ac;
$custom-light: #8cdac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.854,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7592,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9AC

secondary

#D39FAC

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9AC

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

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