#4EC9DB#4EC9DB

#4EC9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.110 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9DB
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -28.40, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 34.19, 213.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0966 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.11 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8093, 48.5035, 74.4263)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9DB #DB604E

analogous

#4EDBA7 #4EC9DB #4E82DB

triadic

#4EC9DB #DB4EC9 #C9DB4E

tetradic

#4EC9DB #A74EDB #DB604E #82DB4E

square

#4EC9DB #A74EDB #DB604E #82DB4E

split-complementary

#4EC9DB #DB4E82 #DBA74E

monochromatic

#1E8291 #28B0C4 #4EC9DB #81D9E5 #B4E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4EC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#4EC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9DB

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9DB	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.110 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e6',
    500: '#4ec9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9db;
$custom-light: #8fd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7747,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9DB

secondary

#DEADA6

accent

#543FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9DB

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

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