#4EC9CA#4EC9CA

#4EC9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.108 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9CA
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -33.24, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 34.90, 197.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.1036 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.108 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6845, 47.6535, 63.2358)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9CA #CA4F4E

analogous

#4ECA8D #4EC9CA #4E8BCA

triadic

#4EC9CA #CA4EC9 #C9CA4E

tetradic

#4EC9CA #8D4ECA #CA4F4E #8BCA4E

square

#4EC9CA #8D4ECA #CA4F4E #8BCA4E

split-complementary

#4EC9CA #CA4E8B #CA8D4E

monochromatic

#247979 #32A7A8 #4EC9CA #7DD7D8 #ACE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4EC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#4EC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9CA

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9CA	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.108 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edada',
    500: '#4ec9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9ca;
$custom-light: #8edada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.484,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7686,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9CA

secondary

#D4A0A0

accent

#4C4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9CA

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

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