#4EC9AE#4EC9AE

#4EC9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9AE
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -40.60, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 40.74, 175.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.116 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.116 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6649, 46.4457, 47.3323)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9AE #C94E69

analogous

#4EC970 #4EC9AE #4EA7C9

triadic

#4EC9AE #AE4EC9 #C9AE4E

tetradic

#4EC9AE #704EC9 #C94E69 #A7C94E

square

#4EC9AE #704EC9 #C94E69 #A7C94E

split-complementary

#4EC9AE #C94EA7 #C9704E

monochromatic

#257866 #33A78D #4EC9AE #7DD7C3 #ACE6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4EC9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#4EC9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9AE

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9AE	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdac6',
    500: '#4ec9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9ae;
$custom-light: #8cdac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.829,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75977,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9AE

secondary

#D39FAB

accent

#4B6BDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9AE

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

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