#4ED9DB#4ED9DB

#4ED9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.118 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9DB
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -36.02, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 37.97, 198.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.1127 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.118 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7353, 56.3554, 75.7349)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9DB #DB504E

analogous

#4EDB96 #4ED9DB #4E92DB

triadic

#4ED9DB #DB4ED9 #D9DB4E

tetradic

#4ED9DB #964EDB #DB504E #92DB4E

square

#4ED9DB #964EDB #DB504E #92DB4E

split-complementary

#4ED9DB #DB4E92 #DB964E

monochromatic

#1E8F91 #28C2C4 #4ED9DB #81E4E5 #B4EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4ED9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#4ED9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9DB

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9DB	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.118 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5e6',
    500: '#4ed9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9db;
$custom-light: #91e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.851,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81245,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9DB

secondary

#963837

accent

#413FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9DB

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

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