#4ED9A0#4ED9A0

#4ED9A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.146 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9A0
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 160)
HSL	hsl(155, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(155, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 26.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -50.64, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 53.50, 161.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.139 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.146 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2965, 53.7798, 41.8240)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9A0 #D94E87

analogous

#4ED95B #4ED9A0 #4ECCD9

triadic

#4ED9A0 #A04ED9 #D9A04E

tetradic

#4ED9A0 #5B4ED9 #D94E87 #CCD94E

square

#4ED9A0 #5B4ED9 #D94E87 #CCD94E

split-complementary

#4ED9A0 #D94ECC #D95B4E

monochromatic

#1F8E60 #29C082 #4ED9A0 #80E4BB #B3EFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#4ED9A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#4ED9A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9A0

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9A0	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.146 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5bc',
    500: '#4ed9a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9a0;
$custom-light: #8ee5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.396,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79547,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9A0

secondary

#94385D

accent

#4085E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF8

border

#CFD5D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9A0

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

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