#4ED9D8#4ED9D8

#4ED9D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.118 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9D8
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -36.85, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 38.33, 195.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.114 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.118 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3439, 56.1988, 73.6737)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9D8 #D94E4F

analogous

#4ED992 #4ED9D8 #4E95D9

triadic

#4ED9D8 #D84ED9 #D9D84E

tetradic

#4ED9D8 #924ED9 #D94E4F #95D94E

square

#4ED9D8 #924ED9 #D94E4F #95D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9D8 #D94E95 #D9924E

monochromatic

#1F8E8D #29C0BF #4ED9D8 #80E4E3 #B3EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4ED9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#4ED9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9D8

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9D8	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.118 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5e4',
    500: '#4ed9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9d8;
$custom-light: #91e5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.568,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81144,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9D8

secondary

#943838

accent

#4041E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9D8

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

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