#4ED6C9#4ED6C9

#4ED6C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.118 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED6C9
RGB	rgb(78, 214, 201)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 6.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -39.52, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 39.77, 186.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.1174 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.118 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7262, 53.9258, 63.6675)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED6C9 #D64E5B

analogous

#4ED685 #4ED6C9 #4E9FD6

triadic

#4ED6C9 #C94ED6 #D6C94E

tetradic

#4ED6C9 #854ED6 #D64E5B #9FD64E

square

#4ED6C9 #854ED6 #D64E5B #9FD64E

split-complementary

#4ED6C9 #D64E9F #D6854E

monochromatic

#208A80 #2BBBAE #4ED6C9 #80E2D8 #B1EDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#4ED6C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#4ED6C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED6C9

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED6C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED6C9	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed6c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 214, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.118 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe3d9',
    500: '#4ed6c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed6c9;
$custom-light: #8fe3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed6c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.265,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79941,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED6C9

secondary

#903841

accent

#4252E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED6C9

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

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