#4EC9B9#4EC9B9

#4EC9B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9B9
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -37.81, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 37.87, 183.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.111 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.111 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7815, 46.8923, 53.2130)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9B9 #C94E5E

analogous

#4EC97C #4EC9B9 #4E9CC9

triadic

#4EC9B9 #B94EC9 #C9B94E

tetradic

#4EC9B9 #7C4EC9 #C94E5E #9CC94E

square

#4EC9B9 #7C4EC9 #C94E5E #9CC94E

split-complementary

#4EC9B9 #C94E9C #C97C4E

monochromatic

#25786D #33A798 #4EC9B9 #7DD7CC #ACE6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4EC9B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#4EC9B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9B9

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9B9	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddace',
    500: '#4ec9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9b9;
$custom-light: #8ddace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.195,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76306,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9B9

secondary

#D39FA6

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9B9

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

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