#4ED9CC#4ED9CC

#4ED9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.120 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9CC
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -40.08, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 40.35, 186.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.1192 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.12 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8488, 55.6008, 65.7997)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9CC #D94E5B

analogous

#4ED986 #4ED9CC #4EA1D9

triadic

#4ED9CC #CC4ED9 #D9CC4E

tetradic

#4ED9CC #864ED9 #D94E5B #A1D94E

square

#4ED9CC #864ED9 #D94E5B #A1D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9CC #D94EA1 #D9864E

monochromatic

#1F8E84 #29C0B2 #4ED9CC #80E4DB #B3EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4ED9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#4ED9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9CC

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9CC	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.120 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5db',
    500: '#4ed9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9cc;
$custom-light: #90e5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.388,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80754,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9CC

secondary

#943840

accent

#4050E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9CC

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

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