#4ECDC5#4ECDC5

#4ECDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.111 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ECDC5
RGB	rgb(78, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -36.47, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 37.03, 189.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.1099 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.111 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0467, 49.3098, 60.4832)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ECDC5 #CD4E56

analogous

#4ECD85 #4ECDC5 #4E96CD

triadic

#4ECDC5 #C54ECD #CDC54E

tetradic

#4ECDC5 #854ECD #CD4E56 #96CD4E

square

#4ECDC5 #854ECD #CD4E56 #96CD4E

split-complementary

#4ECDC5 #CD4E96 #CD854E

monochromatic

#237D78 #31ADA5 #4ECDC5 #7EDAD5 #ADE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4ECDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#4ECDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ECDC5

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ECDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ECDC5	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ecdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.111 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eddd6',
    500: '#4ecdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ecdc5;
$custom-light: #8eddd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ecdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.22,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77652,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ECDC5

secondary

#D6A1A4

accent

#4952DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ECDC5

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

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