#4EC9BC#4EC9BC

#4EC9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9BC
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -37.02, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 37.20, 185.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.1097 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.11 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1015, 47.0203, 54.8985)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9BC #C94E5B

analogous

#4EC97F #4EC9BC #4E98C9

triadic

#4EC9BC #BC4EC9 #C9BC4E

tetradic

#4EC9BC #7F4EC9 #C94E5B #98C94E

square

#4EC9BC #7F4EC9 #C94E5B #98C94E

split-complementary

#4EC9BC #C94E98 #C97F4E

monochromatic

#25786F #33A79B #4EC9BC #7DD7CE #ACE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4EC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#4EC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9BC

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9BC	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddad0',
    500: '#4ec9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9bc;
$custom-light: #8ddad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.659,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.764,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9BC

secondary

#D39FA5

accent

#4B5BDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9BC

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

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