#4ED9C8#4ED9C8

#4ED9C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.121 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9C8
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 200)
HSL	hsl(173, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 7.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -41.13, -2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 41.21, 183.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.1209 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.121 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3752, 55.4113, 63.3054)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9C8 #D94E5F

analogous

#4ED982 #4ED9C8 #4EA4D9

triadic

#4ED9C8 #C84ED9 #D9C84E

tetradic

#4ED9C8 #824ED9 #D94E5F #A4D94E

square

#4ED9C8 #824ED9 #D94E5F #A4D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9C8 #D94EA4 #D9824E

monochromatic

#1F8E80 #29C0AE #4ED9C8 #80E4D8 #B3EFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#4ED9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#4ED9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9C8

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9C8	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCDC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.121 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5d8',
    500: '#4ed9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9c8;
$custom-light: #90e5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.662,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8063,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9C8

secondary

#943843

accent

#4055E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9C8

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

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