#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
RGB	rgb(78, 216, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -32.44, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 37.01, 208.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.1072 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.118 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9745, 56.4399, 83.5294)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4ED8E6	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4ED8E6

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

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