#4EC9BD#4EC9BD

#4EC9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9BD
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -36.76, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 36.99, 186.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.1093 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.11 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2097, 47.0636, 55.4682)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9BD #C94E5A

analogous

#4EC97F #4EC9BD #4E98C9

triadic

#4EC9BD #BD4EC9 #C9BD4E

tetradic

#4EC9BD #7F4EC9 #C94E5A #98C94E

square

#4EC9BD #7F4EC9 #C94E5A #98C94E

split-complementary

#4EC9BD #C94E98 #C97F4E

monochromatic

#257870 #33A79C #4EC9BD #7DD7CE #ACE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4EC9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#4EC9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9BD

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9BD	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddad0',
    500: '#4ec9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9bd;
$custom-light: #8ddad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76431,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9BD

secondary

#D39FA5

accent

#4B59DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9BD

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

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