#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
RGBrgb(78, 217, 168)
HSLhsl(159, 65%, 58%)
HSVhsv(159, 64%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 0%, 22.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.50, -48.89, 13.27)
CIE-LCHlch(78.50, 50.66, 164.82°)
OKLaboklab(79.74% -0.1354 0.034)
OKLCHoklch(79.74% 0.14 165.9)
XYZxyz(35.0189, 54.0688, 45.6290)
Luminance0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##4ED9A81.001.7811.8111.81
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8121.001.001.00
##00000011.8121.001.001.00

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

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#4ED9A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva