#4ED9A2#4ED9A2

#4ED9A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.144 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9A2
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 162)
HSL	hsl(156, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 25.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -50.21, 16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 52.78, 162.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.1381 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.144 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4728, 53.8504, 42.7528)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9A2 #D94E85

analogous

#4ED95C #4ED9A2 #4ECAD9

triadic

#4ED9A2 #A24ED9 #D9A24E

tetradic

#4ED9A2 #5C4ED9 #D94E85 #CAD94E

square

#4ED9A2 #5C4ED9 #D94E85 #CAD94E

split-complementary

#4ED9A2 #D94ECA #D95C4E

monochromatic

#1F8E62 #29C085 #4ED9A2 #80E4BC #B3EFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#4ED9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#4ED9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9A2

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9A2	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.144 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5bd',
    500: '#4ed9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9a2;
$custom-light: #8ee5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.259,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79594,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9A2

secondary

#94385C

accent

#4082E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF8

border

#CFD5D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9A2

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

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