#4ED9AE#4ED9AE

#4ED9AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9AE
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 19.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -47.52, 10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 48.62, 167.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.1326 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.135 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5908, 54.2976, 48.6410)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9AE #D94E79

analogous

#4ED968 #4ED9AE #4EBED9

triadic

#4ED9AE #AE4ED9 #D9AE4E

tetradic

#4ED9AE #684ED9 #D94E79 #BED94E

square

#4ED9AE #684ED9 #D94E79 #BED94E

split-complementary

#4ED9AE #D94EBE #D9684E

monochromatic

#1F8E6C #29C092 #4ED9AE #80E4C5 #B3EFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#4ED9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#4ED9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9AE

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9AE	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5c6',
    500: '#4ed9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9ae;
$custom-light: #8ee5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.439,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79893,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9AE

secondary

#943854

accent

#4074E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9AE

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

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