#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
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -26.92, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 34.45, 218.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0946 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.112 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4775, 48.7707, 77.9451)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##4EC9E0	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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