#4EC9DD#4EC9DD

#4EC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9DD
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -27.81, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 34.27, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0958 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.111 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0742, 48.6094, 75.8213)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9DD #DD624E

analogous

#4EDDAA #4EC9DD #4E81DD

triadic

#4EC9DD #DD4EC9 #C9DD4E

tetradic

#4EC9DD #AA4EDD #DD624E #81DD4E

square

#4EC9DD #AA4EDD #DD624E #81DD4E

split-complementary

#4EC9DD #DD4E81 #DDAA4E

monochromatic

#1C8394 #26B1C7 #4EC9DD #81D9E7 #B5E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4EC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#4EC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9DD

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9DD	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9e7',
    500: '#4ec9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9dd;
$custom-light: #90d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.392,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77545,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9DD

secondary

#E0AFA7

accent

#553DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9DD

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

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