#4ED9CB#4ED9CB

#4ED9CB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.120 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9CB
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 203)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -40.35, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 40.56, 185.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.1196 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.12 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7293, 55.5530, 65.1700)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9CB #D94E5C

analogous

#4ED986 #4ED9CB #4EA1D9

triadic

#4ED9CB #CB4ED9 #D9CB4E

tetradic

#4ED9CB #864ED9 #D94E5C #A1D94E

square

#4ED9CB #864ED9 #D94E5C #A1D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9CB #D94EA1 #D9864E

monochromatic

#1F8E83 #29C0B1 #4ED9CB #80E4DA #B3EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4ED9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#4ED9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9CB

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9CB	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.120 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5da',
    500: '#4ed9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9cb;
$custom-light: #90e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.957,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80723,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9CB

secondary

#943841

accent

#4051E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9CB

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

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