#4ED9CD#4ED9CD

#4ED9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.120 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9CD
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -39.82, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 40.15, 187.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.1187 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.12 187)
XYZ	xyz(38.9691, 55.6489, 66.4333)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9CD #D94E5A

analogous

#4ED987 #4ED9CD #4E9FD9

triadic

#4ED9CD #CD4ED9 #D9CD4E

tetradic

#4ED9CD #874ED9 #D94E5A #9FD94E

square

#4ED9CD #874ED9 #D94E5A #9FD94E

split-complementary

#4ED9CD #D94E9F #D9874E

monochromatic

#1F8E84 #29C0B3 #4ED9CD #80E4DB #B3EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4ED9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#4ED9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9CD

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9CD	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.120 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5dc',
    500: '#4ed9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9cd;
$custom-light: #90e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.82,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80786,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.55653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9CD

secondary

#943840

accent

#404FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9CD

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

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