#4EC9B0#4EC9B0

#4EC9B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9B0
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 176)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 12.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -40.10, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 40.17, 176.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1151 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.115 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8613, 46.5243, 48.3668)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9B0 #C94E67

analogous

#4EC973 #4EC9B0 #4EA5C9

triadic

#4EC9B0 #B04EC9 #C9B04E

tetradic

#4EC9B0 #734EC9 #C94E67 #A5C94E

square

#4EC9B0 #734EC9 #C94E67 #A5C94E

split-complementary

#4EC9B0 #C94EA5 #C9734E

monochromatic

#257867 #33A78F #4EC9B0 #7DD7C5 #ACE6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4EC9B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#4EC9B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9B0

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9B0	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdac7',
    500: '#4ec9b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9b0;
$custom-light: #8cdac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.805,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9B0

secondary

#D39FAA

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9B0

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

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