#4ED9A8#4ED9A8

#4ED9A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.140 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9A8
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 168)
HSL	hsl(159, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(159, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 22.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -48.89, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 50.66, 164.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.1354 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.14 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0189, 54.0688, 45.6290)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9A8 #D94E7F

analogous

#4ED962 #4ED9A8 #4EC4D9

triadic

#4ED9A8 #A84ED9 #D9A84E

tetradic

#4ED9A8 #624ED9 #D94E7F #C4D94E

square

#4ED9A8 #624ED9 #D94E7F #C4D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9A8 #D94EC4 #D9624E

monochromatic

#1F8E67 #29C08B #4ED9A8 #80E4C1 #B3EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#4ED9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#4ED9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9A8

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9A8	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.140 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5c2',
    500: '#4ed9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9a8;
$custom-light: #8ee5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.849,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79741,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9A8

secondary

#943858

accent

#407BE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9A8

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

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