#4ED9D9#4ED9D9

#4ED9D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.118 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9D9
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -36.58, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 38.20, 196.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.1136 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.118 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4736, 56.2507, 74.3566)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9D9 #D94E4E

analogous

#4ED993 #4ED9D9 #4E93D9

triadic

#4ED9D9 #D94ED9 #D9D94E

tetradic

#4ED9D9 #934ED9 #D94E4E #93D94E

square

#4ED9D9 #934ED9 #D94E4E #93D94E

split-complementary

#4ED9D9 #D94E93 #D9934E

monochromatic

#1F8E8E #29C0C0 #4ED9D9 #80E4E4 #B3EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4ED9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#4ED9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9D9

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9D9	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.118 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5e4',
    500: '#4ed9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9d9;
$custom-light: #91e5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81177,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9D9

secondary

#943838

accent

#4040E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9D9

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

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