#4ED9C5#4ED9C5

#4ED9C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.122 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9C5
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 197)
HSL	hsl(171, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 9.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -41.90, -1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 41.92, 181.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.1222 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.122 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0281, 55.2725, 61.4770)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9C5 #D94E62

analogous

#4ED97F #4ED9C5 #4EA7D9

triadic

#4ED9C5 #C54ED9 #D9C54E

tetradic

#4ED9C5 #7F4ED9 #D94E62 #A7D94E

square

#4ED9C5 #7F4ED9 #D94E62 #A7D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9C5 #D94EA7 #D97F4E

monochromatic

#1F8E7E #29C0AB #4ED9C5 #80E4D6 #B3EFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#4ED9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#4ED9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9C5

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9C5	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.122 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5d6',
    500: '#4ed9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9c5;
$custom-light: #8fe5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.367,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80539,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9C5

secondary

#943845

accent

#4058E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9C5

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

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