#4ECDC4#4ECDC4

#4ECDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.112 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ECDC4
RGB	rgb(78, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -36.74, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 37.21, 189.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.1104 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.112 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9325, 49.2641, 59.8818)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ECDC4 #CD4E57

analogous

#4ECD84 #4ECDC4 #4E96CD

triadic

#4ECDC4 #C44ECD #CDC44E

tetradic

#4ECDC4 #844ECD #CD4E57 #96CD4E

square

#4ECDC4 #844ECD #CD4E57 #96CD4E

split-complementary

#4ECDC4 #CD4E96 #CD844E

monochromatic

#237D77 #31ADA4 #4ECDC4 #7EDAD4 #ADE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4ECDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#4ECDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ECDC4

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ECDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ECDC4	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ecdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.112 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eddd5',
    500: '#4ecdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ecdc4;
$custom-light: #8eddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ecdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.748,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7762,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ECDC4

secondary

#D6A1A5

accent

#4953DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ECDC4

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

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