#4ED9C4#4ED9C4

#4ED9C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.123 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9C4
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 196)
HSL	hsl(171, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 9.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -42.16, -0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 42.16, 180.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.1227 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.123 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9139, 55.2268, 60.8756)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9C4 #D94E63

analogous

#4ED97E #4ED9C4 #4EA9D9

triadic

#4ED9C4 #C44ED9 #D9C44E

tetradic

#4ED9C4 #7E4ED9 #D94E63 #A9D94E

square

#4ED9C4 #7E4ED9 #D94E63 #A9D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9C4 #D94EA9 #D97E4E

monochromatic

#1F8E7D #29C0AA #4ED9C4 #80E4D5 #B3EFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#4ED9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#4ED9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9C4

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9C4	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CDC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.123 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5d5',
    500: '#4ed9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9c4;
$custom-light: #8fe5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.935,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80509,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9C4

secondary

#943846

accent

#4059E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9C4

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

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