#4EC9D4#4EC9D4

#4EC9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.108 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9D4
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -30.42, -15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 34.19, 207.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0994 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.108 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9071, 48.1426, 69.6747)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9D4 #D4594E

analogous

#4ED49C #4EC9D4 #4E86D4

triadic

#4EC9D4 #D44EC9 #C9D44E

tetradic

#4EC9D4 #9C4ED4 #D4594E #86D44E

square

#4EC9D4 #9C4ED4 #D4594E #86D44E

split-complementary

#4EC9D4 #D44E86 #D49C4E

monochromatic

#217E87 #2DADB8 #4EC9D4 #7FD8E0 #B0E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4EC9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#4EC9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9D4

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9D4	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.108 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e1',
    500: '#4ec9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9d4;
$custom-light: #8fd9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77212,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9D4

secondary

#DAA8A4

accent

#5144E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9D4

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

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