#4EC9DA#4EC9DA

#4EC9DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.110 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9DA
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -28.69, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 34.16, 212.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.097 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.11 208)
XYZ	xyz(36.6781, 48.4510, 73.7350)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9DA #DA5F4E

analogous

#4EDAA5 #4EC9DA #4E83DA

triadic

#4EC9DA #DA4EC9 #C9DA4E

tetradic

#4EC9DA #A54EDA #DA5F4E #83DA4E

square

#4EC9DA #A54EDA #DA5F4E #83DA4E

split-complementary

#4EC9DA #DA4E83 #DAA54E

monochromatic

#1E8290 #29B0C2 #4EC9DA #81D8E5 #B3E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4EC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#4EC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9DA

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9DA	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.110 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e5',
    500: '#4ec9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9da;
$custom-light: #8fd9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.286,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77433,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.48455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9DA

secondary

#DEADA6

accent

#543FE8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9DA

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

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