#4ED9D6#4ED9D6

#4ED9D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.118 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9D6
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 214)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -37.40, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 38.60, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.1148 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.118 193)
XYZ	xyz(40.0869, 56.0960, 72.3202)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9D6 #D94E51

analogous

#4ED990 #4ED9D6 #4E96D9

triadic

#4ED9D6 #D64ED9 #D9D64E

tetradic

#4ED9D6 #904ED9 #D94E51 #96D94E

square

#4ED9D6 #904ED9 #D94E51 #96D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9D6 #D94E96 #D9904E

monochromatic

#1F8E8C #29C0BD #4ED9D6 #80E4E2 #B3EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4ED9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#4ED9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9D6

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9D6	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.118 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5e2',
    500: '#4ed9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9d6;
$custom-light: #91e5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.705,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81077,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9D6

secondary

#94383A

accent

#4044E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9D6

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

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