#4ED9D5#4ED9D5

#4ED9D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.118 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9D5
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 213)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -37.67, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 38.75, 193.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.1153 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.118 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9596, 56.0451, 71.6497)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9D5 #D94E52

analogous

#4ED98F #4ED9D5 #4E98D9

triadic

#4ED9D5 #D54ED9 #D9D54E

tetradic

#4ED9D5 #8F4ED9 #D94E52 #98D94E

square

#4ED9D5 #8F4ED9 #D94E52 #98D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9D5 #D94E98 #D98F4E

monochromatic

#1F8E8B #29C0BC #4ED9D5 #80E4E1 #B3EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4ED9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#4ED9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9D5

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9D5	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.118 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5e1',
    500: '#4ed9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9d5;
$custom-light: #90e5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.273,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81044,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9D5

secondary

#94383A

accent

#4045E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9D5

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

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