#4ED8DD#4ED8DD

#4ED8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.117 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED8DD
RGB	rgb(78, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -35.00, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 37.48, 200.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.1109 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.117 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7432, 55.9474, 77.0443)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED8DD #DD534E

analogous

#4EDD9A #4ED8DD #4E90DD

triadic

#4ED8DD #DD4ED8 #D8DD4E

tetradic

#4ED8DD #9A4EDD #DD534E #90DD4E

square

#4ED8DD #9A4EDD #DD534E #90DD4E

split-complementary

#4ED8DD #DD4E90 #DD9A4E

monochromatic

#1C9094 #26C2C7 #4ED8DD #81E3E7 #B5EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4ED8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#4ED8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED8DD

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED8DD	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.117 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4e7',
    500: '#4ed8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed8dd;
$custom-light: #91e4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.098,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81078,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED8DD

secondary

#993A36

accent

#433DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED8DD

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

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