#4EC9E0#4EC9E0

#4EC9E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.112 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4EC9E0
RGBrgb(78, 201, 224)
HSLhsl(189, 70%, 59%)
HSVhsv(189, 65%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(65.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.31, -26.92, -21.48)
CIE-LCHlch(75.31, 34.45, 218.59°)
OKLaboklab(77.66% -0.0946 -0.0597)
OKLCHoklch(77.66% 0.112 212.3)
XYZxyz(37.4775, 48.7707, 77.9451)
Luminance0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4EC9E0 #E0654E
analogous
#4EE0AE #4EC9E0 #4E80E0
triadic
#4EC9E0 #E04EC9 #C9E04E
tetradic
#4EC9E0 #AE4EE0 #E0654E #80E04E
square
#4EC9E0 #AE4EE0 #E0654E #80E04E
split-complementary
#4EC9E0 #E04E80 #E0AE4E
monochromatic
#1B8599 #24B2CD #4EC9E0 #82D9E9 #B6E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#4EC9E0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76
#4EC9E0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9E0
10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4EC9E0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4EC9E01.001.9510.7610.76
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7621.001.001.00
##00000010.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7C2E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2B3E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D2D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ec9e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.112 212.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9e9',
    500: '#4ec9e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ec9e0;
$custom-light: #90d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ec9e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.452,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7766,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4EC9E0
secondary
#E1B1A8
accent
#573BED
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9E0

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#4EC9E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva