#4EC9B3#4EC9B3

#4EC9B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9B3
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 179)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 10.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -39.35, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 39.36, 178.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.1137 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.114 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1614, 46.6443, 49.9474)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9B3 #C94E64

analogous

#4EC975 #4EC9B3 #4EA2C9

triadic

#4EC9B3 #B34EC9 #C9B34E

tetradic

#4EC9B3 #754EC9 #C94E64 #A2C94E

square

#4EC9B3 #754EC9 #C94E64 #A2C94E

split-complementary

#4EC9B3 #C94EA2 #C9754E

monochromatic

#257869 #33A792 #4EC9B3 #7DD7C7 #ACE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4EC9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#4EC9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9B3

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9B3	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdac9',
    500: '#4ec9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9b3;
$custom-light: #8cdac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.268,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76124,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9B3

secondary

#D39FA9

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9B3

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

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