#4ED9DD#4ED9DD

#4ED9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.118 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9DD
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -35.47, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 37.77, 200.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.1119 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.118 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0001, 56.4613, 77.1299)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9DD #DD524E

analogous

#4EDD99 #4ED9DD #4E91DD

triadic

#4ED9DD #DD4ED9 #D9DD4E

tetradic

#4ED9DD #994EDD #DD524E #91DD4E

square

#4ED9DD #994EDD #DD524E #91DD4E

split-complementary

#4ED9DD #DD4E91 #DD994E

monochromatic

#1C9194 #26C3C7 #4ED9DD #81E4E7 #B5EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4ED9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#4ED9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9DD

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9DD	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.118 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5e7',
    500: '#4ed9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9dd;
$custom-light: #91e5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.678,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81314,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9DD

secondary

#993936

accent

#423DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9DD

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

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