#4EB9CD#4EB9CD

#4EB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9CD
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -24.57, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 31.21, 218.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0857 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.101 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5057, 40.7221, 63.9455)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9CD #CD624E

analogous

#4ECDA1 #4EB9CD #4E79CD

triadic

#4EB9CD #CD4EB9 #B9CD4E

tetradic

#4EB9CD #A14ECD #CD624E #79CD4E

square

#4EB9CD #A14ECD #CD624E #79CD4E

split-complementary

#4EB9CD #CD4E79 #CDA14E

monochromatic

#236F7D #3199AD #4EB9CD #7ECCDA #ADDFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4EB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4EB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9CD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9CD	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcedc',
    500: '#4eb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9cd;
$custom-light: #8dcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.449,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73162,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9CD

secondary

#D6A9A1

accent

#6049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9CD

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

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