#4EC9DF#4EC9DF

#4EC9DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.111 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9DF
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -27.22, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 34.38, 217.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.095 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.111 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3422, 48.7166, 77.2330)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9DF #DF644E

analogous

#4EDFAC #4EC9DF #4E81DF

triadic

#4EC9DF #DF4EC9 #C9DF4E

tetradic

#4EC9DF #AC4EDF #DF644E #81DF4E

square

#4EC9DF #AC4EDF #DF644E #81DF4E

split-complementary

#4EC9DF #DF4E81 #DFAC4E

monochromatic

#1B8497 #25B2CB #4EC9DF #82D9E8 #B6E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4EC9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#4EC9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9DF

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9DF	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.111 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9e9',
    500: '#4ec9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9df;
$custom-light: #90d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.103,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77621,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9DF

secondary

#E1B1A8

accent

#563CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9DF

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

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