#4ED9E6#4ED9E6

#4ED9E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.118 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9E6
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -32.92, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 37.22, 207.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.1082 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.118 204)
XYZ	xyz(42.2315, 56.9538, 83.6151)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9E6 #E65B4E

analogous

#4EE6A7 #4ED9E6 #4E8DE6

triadic

#4ED9E6 #E64ED9 #D9E64E

tetradic

#4ED9E6 #A74EE6 #E65B4E #8DE64E

square

#4ED9E6 #A74EE6 #E65B4E #8DE64E

split-complementary

#4ED9E6 #E64E8D #E6A74E

monochromatic

#1797A3 #1FC8D8 #4ED9E6 #84E5EE #B9F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#4ED9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#4ED9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9E6

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9E6	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.118 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e5ed',
    500: '#4ed9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9e6;
$custom-light: #92e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.132,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81631,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.56959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9E6

secondary

#A53D33

accent

#1F0ED7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9E6

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

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