#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
RGBrgb(78, 217, 203)
HSLhsl(174, 65%, 58%)
HSVhsv(174, 64%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.36, -40.35, -4.14)
CIE-LCHlch(79.36, 40.56, 185.86°)
OKLaboklab(80.72% -0.1196 -0.0118)
OKLCHoklch(80.72% 0.12 185.6)
XYZxyz(38.7293, 55.5530, 65.1700)
Luminance0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##4ED9CB1.001.7312.1112.11
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1121.001.001.00
##00000012.1121.001.001.00

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

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#4ED9CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva