#4ED8E9#4ED8E9

#4ED8E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.119 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED8E9
RGB	rgb(78, 216, 233)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -31.58, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 36.99, 211.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.106 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.119 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3994, 56.6099, 85.7672)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED8E9 #E95F4E

analogous

#4EE9AC #4ED8E9 #4E8AE9

triadic

#4ED8E9 #E94ED8 #D8E94E

tetradic

#4ED8E9 #AC4EE9 #E95F4E #8AE94E

square

#4ED8E9 #AC4EE9 #E95F4E #8AE94E

split-complementary

#4ED8E9 #E94E8A #E9AC4E

monochromatic

#1598A8 #1CC9DE #4ED8E9 #84E4F0 #BBF0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#4ED8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#4ED8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED8E9

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED8E9	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 216, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.119 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4f0',
    500: '#4ed8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed8e9;
$custom-light: #92e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.581,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81506,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED8E9

secondary

#A93F32

accent

#220BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED8E9

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

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