#4ED8DB#4ED8DB

#4ED8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.117 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED8DB
RGB	rgb(78, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -35.56, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 37.67, 199.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1117 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.117 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4783, 55.8414, 75.6493)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED8DB #DB514E

analogous

#4EDB98 #4ED8DB #4E91DB

triadic

#4ED8DB #DB4ED8 #D8DB4E

tetradic

#4ED8DB #984EDB #DB514E #91DB4E

square

#4ED8DB #984EDB #DB514E #91DB4E

split-complementary

#4ED8DB #DB4E91 #DB984E

monochromatic

#1E8F91 #28C1C4 #4ED8DB #81E3E5 #B4EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4ED8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#4ED8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED8DB

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED8DB	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.117 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4e6',
    500: '#4ed8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed8db;
$custom-light: #91e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81009,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED8DB

secondary

#963937

accent

#423FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED8DB

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

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