#4EC9CE#4EC9CE

#4EC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.108 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9CE
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -32.12, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 34.52, 201.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.1019 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.108 199)
XYZ	xyz(35.1643, 47.8454, 65.7624)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9CE #CE534E

analogous

#4ECE93 #4EC9CE #4E89CE

triadic

#4EC9CE #CE4EC9 #C9CE4E

tetradic

#4EC9CE #934ECE #CE534E #89CE4E

square

#4EC9CE #934ECE #CE534E #89CE4E

split-complementary

#4EC9CE #CE4E89 #CE934E

monochromatic

#237B7F #30AAAE #4EC9CE #7ED8DB #AEE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4EC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#4EC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9CE

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9CE	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.108 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edadc',
    500: '#4ec9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9ce;
$custom-light: #8edadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.344,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76999,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.47849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9CE

secondary

#D7A3A1

accent

#4E48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9CE

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

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