#4EC9CB#4EC9CB

#4EC9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.108 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9CB
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -32.96, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 34.80, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.1032 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.108 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8033, 47.7011, 63.8614)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9CB #CB504E

analogous

#4ECB8E #4EC9CB #4E8ACB

triadic

#4EC9CB #CB4EC9 #C9CB4E

tetradic

#4EC9CB #8E4ECB #CB504E #8ACB4E

square

#4EC9CB #8E4ECB #CB504E #8ACB4E

split-complementary

#4EC9CB #CB4E8A #CB8E4E

monochromatic

#24797B #32A8AA #4EC9CB #7DD7D9 #ADE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4EC9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#4EC9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9CB

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9CB	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.108 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edada',
    500: '#4ec9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9cb;
$custom-light: #8edada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76894,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9CB

secondary

#D5A1A0

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9CB

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

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