#4EC9DC#4EC9DC

#4EC9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.110 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9DC
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -28.10, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 34.22, 214.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0962 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.11 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9414, 48.5563, 75.1217)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9DC #DC614E

analogous

#4EDCA8 #4EC9DC #4E82DC

triadic

#4EC9DC #DC4EC9 #C9DC4E

tetradic

#4EC9DC #A84EDC #DC614E #82DC4E

square

#4EC9DC #A84EDC #DC614E #82DC4E

split-complementary

#4EC9DC #DC4E82 #DCA84E

monochromatic

#1D8393 #27B0C6 #4EC9DC #81D9E6 #B4E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4EC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#4EC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9DC

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9DC	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.110 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e6',
    500: '#4ec9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9dc;
$custom-light: #8fd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77508,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9DC

secondary

#DFAEA7

accent

#553EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9DC

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

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