#4ED8E6#4ED8E6

#4ED8E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.118 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4ED8E6
RGBrgb(78, 216, 230)
HSLhsl(186, 75%, 60%)
HSVhsv(186, 66%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(66.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.86, -32.44, -17.80)
CIE-LCHlch(79.86, 37.01, 208.76°)
OKLaboklab(81.4% -0.1072 -0.0494)
OKLCHoklch(81.4% 0.118 204.7)
XYZxyz(41.9745, 56.4399, 83.5294)
Luminance0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4ED8E6 #E65C4E
analogous
#4EE6A8 #4ED8E6 #4E8CE6
triadic
#4ED8E6 #E64ED8 #D8E64E
tetradic
#4ED8E6 #A84EE6 #E65C4E #8CE64E
square
#4ED8E6 #A84EE6 #E65C4E #8CE64E
split-complementary
#4ED8E6 #E64E8C #E6A84E
monochromatic
#1796A3 #1FC7D8 #4ED8E6 #84E4EE #B9F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71
#4ED8E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29
#4ED8E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED8E6
12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4ED8E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4ED8E61.001.7112.2912.29
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2921.001.001.00
##00000012.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7CFE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1BFE7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E1DC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ed8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 216, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.118 204.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4ed',
    500: '#4ed8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ed8e6;
$custom-light: #92e4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ed8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81396,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4ED8E6
secondary
#A53E33
accent
#210ED7
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#4ED8E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva