#4ED8DC#4ED8DC

#4ED8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.117 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED8DC
RGB	rgb(78, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -35.28, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 37.57, 200.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.1113 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.117 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6103, 55.8942, 76.3447)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED8DC #DC524E

analogous

#4EDC99 #4ED8DC #4E91DC

triadic

#4ED8DC #DC4ED8 #D8DC4E

tetradic

#4ED8DC #994EDC #DC524E #91DC4E

square

#4ED8DC #994EDC #DC524E #91DC4E

split-complementary

#4ED8DC #DC4E91 #DC994E

monochromatic

#1D8F93 #27C1C6 #4ED8DC #81E3E6 #B4EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4ED8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#4ED8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED8DC

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED8DC	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.117 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4e6',
    500: '#4ed8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed8dc;
$custom-light: #91e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.69,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81043,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED8DC

secondary

#973937

accent

#433EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED8DC

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

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