#4EC9B5#4EC9B5

#4EC9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9B5
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 181)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 10%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -38.84, -0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 38.84, 180.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.1128 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.113 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3652, 46.7258, 51.0204)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9B5 #C94E62

analogous

#4EC978 #4EC9B5 #4EA0C9

triadic

#4EC9B5 #B54EC9 #C9B54E

tetradic

#4EC9B5 #784EC9 #C94E62 #A0C94E

square

#4EC9B5 #784EC9 #C94E62 #A0C94E

split-complementary

#4EC9B5 #C94EA0 #C9784E

monochromatic

#25786A #33A794 #4EC9B5 #7DD7C9 #ACE6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4EC9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4EC9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9B5

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9B5	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdacb',
    500: '#4ec9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9b5;
$custom-light: #8cdacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.244,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76184,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9B5

secondary

#D39FA8

accent

#4B63DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9B5

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

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