#4EC9D2#4EC9D2

#4EC9D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9D2
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 210)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -30.99, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 34.26, 205.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.1003 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.108 202)
XYZ	xyz(35.6564, 48.0423, 68.3542)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9D2 #D2574E

analogous

#4ED299 #4EC9D2 #4E87D2

triadic

#4EC9D2 #D24EC9 #C9D24E

tetradic

#4EC9D2 #994ED2 #D2574E #87D24E

square

#4EC9D2 #994ED2 #D2574E #87D24E

split-complementary

#4EC9D2 #D24E87 #D2994E

monochromatic

#227D84 #2EACB5 #4EC9D2 #7FD8DE #B0E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4EC9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#4EC9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9D2

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9D2	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC1D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.108 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdadf',
    500: '#4ec9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9d2;
$custom-light: #8fdadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7714,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.48046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9D2

secondary

#D9A7A3

accent

#5045E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9D2

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

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