#4EC8DE#4EC8DE

#4EC8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.111 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC8DE
RGB	rgb(78, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -27.02, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 34.19, 217.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0944 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.111 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9755, 48.1981, 76.4476)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC8DE #DE644E

analogous

#4EDEAC #4EC8DE #4E80DE

triadic

#4EC8DE #DE4EC8 #C8DE4E

tetradic

#4EC8DE #AC4EDE #DE644E #80DE4E

square

#4EC8DE #AC4EDE #DE644E #80DE4E

split-complementary

#4EC8DE #DE4E80 #DEAC4E

monochromatic

#1C8396 #26B0C9 #4EC8DE #82D8E8 #B5E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4EC8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#4EC8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC8DE

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC8DE	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.111 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9e8',
    500: '#4ec8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec8de;
$custom-light: #90d9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.167,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77349,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC8DE

secondary

#E0B0A8

accent

#573CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC8DE

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

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