#4ED8E1#4ED8E1

#4ED8E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED8E1
RGB	rgb(78, 216, 225)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -33.87, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 37.20, 204.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.1092 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2824, 56.1631, 79.8844)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED8E1 #E1574E

analogous

#4EE1A0 #4ED8E1 #4E8FE1

triadic

#4ED8E1 #E14ED8 #D8E14E

tetradic

#4ED8E1 #A04EE1 #E1574E #8FE14E

square

#4ED8E1 #A04EE1 #E1574E #8FE14E

split-complementary

#4ED8E1 #E14E8F #E1A04E

monochromatic

#1A939A #23C4CF #4ED8E1 #82E4EA #B7EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4ED8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#4ED8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED8E1

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED8E1	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 216, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4ea',
    500: '#4ed8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed8e1;
$custom-light: #91e4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81218,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED8E1

secondary

#9E3C35

accent

#453AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED8E1

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

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