#4ED8DE#4ED8DE

#4ED8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.117 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED8DE
RGB	rgb(78, 216, 222)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -34.72, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 37.40, 201.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.1105 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.117 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8768, 56.0008, 77.7480)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED8DE #DE544E

analogous

#4EDE9C #4ED8DE #4E90DE

triadic

#4ED8DE #DE4ED8 #D8DE4E

tetradic

#4ED8DE #9C4EDE #DE544E #90DE4E

square

#4ED8DE #9C4EDE #DE544E #90DE4E

split-complementary

#4ED8DE #DE4E90 #DE9C4E

monochromatic

#1C9196 #26C2C9 #4ED8DE #82E3E8 #B5EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4ED8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#4ED8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED8DE

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED8DE	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 216, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.117 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4e8',
    500: '#4ed8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed8de;
$custom-light: #91e4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81112,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED8DE

secondary

#9A3A36

accent

#443CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED8DE

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

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