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#04EC9B Color

#04EC9B is rgb(4, 236, 155) in RGB, hsl(159, 97%, 47%) in HSL, and about cmyk(98%, 0%, 34%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Medium Spring Green (#00FA9A), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 8.67. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#04EC9B
HEX#04EC9B
RGBrgb(4, 236, 155)
HSLhsl(159, 97%, 47%)
HSVhsv(159, 98%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(98%, 0%, 34%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(83.2% 0.189 159.5)
LABlab(82.99% -63.20 25.51)
LCHlch(82.99% 68.15 158.02)

What #04EC9B Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #04EC9B, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Medium Spring Green#00FA9AΔE 8.67Android Green#3DDC84ΔE 9.45Technobotanica#00FFBFΔE 11.51Very Light Malachite Green#64E986ΔE 14.48Spearmint#4FE7B0ΔE 16.04Olo#01FFCDΔE 17.8

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#04EC9B Channel Values

How #04EC9B breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 4 · G 236 · B 1558-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 159° · S 97% · L 47%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 159° · S 98% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 98% · M 0% · Y 34% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.56:1 vs white · 13.48:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #04EC9B background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.56:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text13.48:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #04EC9B in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #04EC9B

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #04EC9B; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#04EC9B
Complementary
#EC0455
Analogous
#04EC26
Analogous
#04C9EC
Triadic
#9B04EC
Triadic
#EC9B04
Split comp.
#EC04C9
Split comp.
#EC2604

Tints & Shades of #04EC9B

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#18FBAC
#40FCBA
#63FDC7
#86FDD4
#AAFEE0
#D2FEEF

Shades

#03CE87
#03B073
#02925F
#026F48
#015035
#013221

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #04EC9B.

How #04EC9B Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#04EC9B
Protanopia#D9D99C
Protanomaly#ADE19B
Deuteranopia#C6C6A0
Deuteranomaly#9DD69E
Tritanopia#49E4E4
Tritanomaly#39E7CB
Achromatopsia#CFCFCF

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #04EC9B in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-04ec9b: #04EC9B;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #04EC9B;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-04ec9b': '#04EC9B' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.016, green: 0.925, blue: 0.608)
Android XML<color name="color_04ec9b">#04EC9B</color>
SVG fillfill="#04EC9B"

More Green Colors

#04EC9B sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#04EC9B Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #04EC9B?

#04EC9B is a mid-tone green — rgb(4, 236, 155) in RGB and hsl(159, 97%, 47%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00FA9A), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 8.67.

What is the RGB value of #04EC9B?

#04EC9B is rgb(4, 236, 155) — red 4, green 236, and blue 155 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #04EC9B?

#04EC9B converts to approximately cmyk(98%, 0%, 34%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #04EC9B be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #04EC9B scores 1.56:1 against white and 13.48:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #04EC9B as a CSS color keyword?

No. #04EC9B is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is mediumspringgreen (#00FA9A) at a CIE76 distance of 8.67, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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