#4EC9CF#4EC9CF

#4EC9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.108 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9CF
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -31.84, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 34.44, 202.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.1015 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.108 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2861, 47.8942, 66.4043)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9CF #CF544E

analogous

#4ECF94 #4EC9CF #4E88CF

triadic

#4EC9CF #CF4EC9 #C9CF4E

tetradic

#4EC9CF #944ECF #CF544E #88CF4E

square

#4EC9CF #944ECF #CF544E #88CF4E

split-complementary

#4EC9CF #CF4E88 #CF944E

monochromatic

#237C80 #30AAB0 #4EC9CF #7ED8DC #AEE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4EC9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#4EC9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9CF

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9CF	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.108 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edadd',
    500: '#4ec9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9cf;
$custom-light: #8edadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77034,
    "c": 0.10783,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9CF

secondary

#D7A4A2

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9CF

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

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