#4EC9D6#4EC9D6

#4EC9D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.109 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9D6
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 214)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -29.85, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 34.14, 209.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0986 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.109 205)
XYZ	xyz(36.1610, 48.2441, 71.0116)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9D6 #D65B4E

analogous

#4ED69F #4EC9D6 #4E85D6

triadic

#4EC9D6 #D64EC9 #C9D64E

tetradic

#4EC9D6 #9F4ED6 #D65B4E #85D64E

square

#4EC9D6 #9F4ED6 #D65B4E #85D64E

split-complementary

#4EC9D6 #D64E85 #D69F4E

monochromatic

#20808A #2BAEBB #4EC9D6 #80D8E2 #B1E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4EC9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#4EC9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9D6

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9D6	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.109 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e2',
    500: '#4ec9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9d6;
$custom-light: #8fd9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.735,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77285,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.48248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9D6

secondary

#DBAAA4

accent

#5242E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9D6

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

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