#4EC9D9#4EC9D9

#4EC9D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.110 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9D9
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -28.98, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 34.14, 211.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0974 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.11 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5476, 48.3988, 73.0480)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9D9 #D95E4E

analogous

#4ED9A3 #4EC9D9 #4E84D9

triadic

#4EC9D9 #D94EC9 #C9D94E

tetradic

#4EC9D9 #A34ED9 #D95E4E #84D94E

square

#4EC9D9 #A34ED9 #D95E4E #84D94E

split-complementary

#4EC9D9 #D94E84 #D9A34E

monochromatic

#1F818E #29AFC0 #4EC9D9 #80D8E4 #B3E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4EC9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#4EC9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9D9

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9D9	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.110 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e4',
    500: '#4ec9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9d9;
$custom-light: #8fd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.906,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77395,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9D9

secondary

#DDACA6

accent

#5340E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9D9

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

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