#4ED8E4#4ED8E4

#4ED8E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.118 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED8E4
RGB	rgb(78, 216, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -33.02, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 37.06, 207.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.108 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.118 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6953, 56.3282, 82.0587)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED8E4 #E45A4E

analogous

#4EE4A5 #4ED8E4 #4E8DE4

triadic

#4ED8E4 #E44ED8 #D8E44E

tetradic

#4ED8E4 #A54EE4 #E45A4E #8DE44E

square

#4ED8E4 #A54EE4 #E45A4E #8DE44E

split-complementary

#4ED8E4 #E44E8D #E4A54E

monochromatic

#18949F #20C6D4 #4ED8E4 #83E4EC #B8EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4ED8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#4ED8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED8E4

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED8E4	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 216, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.118 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4ec',
    500: '#4ed8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed8e4;
$custom-light: #92e4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81324,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED8E4

secondary

#A23D34

accent

#4638F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED8E4

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

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