#4EC9BA#4EC9BA

#4EC9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9BA
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -37.55, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 37.64, 184.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.1106 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.111 184)
XYZ	xyz(32.8874, 46.9347, 53.7710)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9BA #C94E5D

analogous

#4EC97D #4EC9BA #4E9BC9

triadic

#4EC9BA #BA4EC9 #C9BA4E

tetradic

#4EC9BA #7D4EC9 #C94E5D #9BC94E

square

#4EC9BA #7D4EC9 #C94E5D #9BC94E

split-complementary

#4EC9BA #C94E9B #C97D4E

monochromatic

#25786E #33A799 #4EC9BA #7DD7CC #ACE6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4EC9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#4EC9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9BA

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9BA	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddace',
    500: '#4ec9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9ba;
$custom-light: #8ddace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76337,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.46938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9BA

secondary

#D39FA6

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9BA

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

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