#4EC9DE#4EC9DE

#4EC9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.111 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9DE
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -27.52, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 34.32, 216.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0954 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.111 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2078, 48.6629, 76.5250)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9DE #DE634E

analogous

#4EDEAB #4EC9DE #4E81DE

triadic

#4EC9DE #DE4EC9 #C9DE4E

tetradic

#4EC9DE #AB4EDE #DE634E #81DE4E

square

#4EC9DE #AB4EDE #DE634E #81DE4E

split-complementary

#4EC9DE #DE4E81 #DEAB4E

monochromatic

#1C8496 #26B1C9 #4EC9DE #82D9E8 #B5E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4EC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#4EC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9DE

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9DE	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.111 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9e8',
    500: '#4ec9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9de;
$custom-light: #90d9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77583,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9DE

secondary

#E0B0A8

accent

#563CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9DE

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

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