#4ED9D1#4ED9D1

#4ED9D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.119 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9D1
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 209)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -38.75, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 39.40, 190.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.117 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.119 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4581, 55.8445, 69.0088)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9D1 #D94E56

analogous

#4ED98C #4ED9D1 #4E9BD9

triadic

#4ED9D1 #D14ED9 #D9D14E

tetradic

#4ED9D1 #8C4ED9 #D94E56 #9BD94E

square

#4ED9D1 #8C4ED9 #D94E56 #9BD94E

split-complementary

#4ED9D1 #D94E9B #D98C4E

monochromatic

#1F8E88 #29C0B8 #4ED9D1 #80E4DE #B3EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4ED9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#4ED9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9D1

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9D1	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.119 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5df',
    500: '#4ed9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9d1;
$custom-light: #90e5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.547,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80913,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9D1

secondary

#94383D

accent

#404AE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9D1

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

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