#4ED9CF#4ED9CF

#4ED9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9CF
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -39.29, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 39.76, 188.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.1178 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.119 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2121, 55.7461, 67.7129)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9CF #D94E58

analogous

#4ED989 #4ED9CF #4E9ED9

triadic

#4ED9CF #CF4ED9 #D9CF4E

tetradic

#4ED9CF #894ED9 #D94E58 #9ED94E

square

#4ED9CF #894ED9 #D94E58 #9ED94E

split-complementary

#4ED9CF #D94E9E #D9894E

monochromatic

#1F8E86 #29C0B6 #4ED9CF #80E4DD #B3EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4ED9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#4ED9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9CF

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9CF	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5dd',
    500: '#4ed9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9cf;
$custom-light: #90e5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.683,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80849,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9CF

secondary

#94383E

accent

#404CE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9CF

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

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