#4EC9D8#4EC9D8

#4EC9D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.109 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9D8
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -29.27, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 34.14, 210.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0978 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.109 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4179, 48.3469, 72.3650)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9D8 #D85D4E

analogous

#4ED8A2 #4EC9D8 #4E84D8

triadic

#4EC9D8 #D84EC9 #C9D84E

tetradic

#4EC9D8 #A24ED8 #D85D4E #84D84E

square

#4EC9D8 #A24ED8 #D85D4E #84D84E

split-complementary

#4EC9D8 #D84E84 #D8A24E

monochromatic

#1F818D #2AAFBF #4EC9D8 #80D8E3 #B2E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4EC9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#4EC9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9D8

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9D8	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.109 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e4',
    500: '#4ec9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9d8;
$custom-light: #8fd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77358,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9D8

secondary

#DDABA5

accent

#5341E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9D8

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

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