#4ED9CE#4ED9CE

#4ED9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9CE
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -39.55, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 39.95, 188.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.1183 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.119 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0902, 55.6973, 67.0711)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9CE #D94E59

analogous

#4ED989 #4ED9CE #4E9ED9

triadic

#4ED9CE #CE4ED9 #D9CE4E

tetradic

#4ED9CE #894ED9 #D94E59 #9ED94E

square

#4ED9CE #894ED9 #D94E59 #9ED94E

split-complementary

#4ED9CE #D94E9E #D9894E

monochromatic

#1F8E85 #29C0B5 #4ED9CE #80E4DC #B3EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4ED9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#4ED9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9CE

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9CE	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5dc',
    500: '#4ed9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9ce;
$custom-light: #90e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.252,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80817,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9CE

secondary

#94383F

accent

#404DE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9CE

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

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