#4ED9D4#4ED9D4

#4ED9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.118 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9D4
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 212)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -37.94, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 38.90, 192.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1157 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.118 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8331, 55.9945, 70.9833)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9D4 #D94E53

analogous

#4ED98F #4ED9D4 #4E98D9

triadic

#4ED9D4 #D44ED9 #D9D44E

tetradic

#4ED9D4 #8F4ED9 #D94E53 #98D94E

square

#4ED9D4 #8F4ED9 #D94E53 #98D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9D4 #D94E98 #D98F4E

monochromatic

#1F8E8A #29C0BB #4ED9D4 #80E4E0 #B3EFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4ED9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#4ED9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9D4

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9D4	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.118 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5e1',
    500: '#4ed9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9d4;
$custom-light: #90e5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.842,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9D4

secondary

#94383B

accent

#4046E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9D4

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

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