#4ED9E9#4ED9E9

#4ED9E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.119 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ED9E9
RGB	rgb(78, 217, 233)
HSL	hsl(186, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -32.06, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 37.17, 210.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.107 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.119 206)
XYZ	xyz(42.6564, 57.1238, 85.8529)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ED9E9 #E95E4E

analogous

#4EE9AC #4ED9E9 #4E8BE9

triadic

#4ED9E9 #E94ED9 #D9E94E

tetradic

#4ED9E9 #AC4EE9 #E95E4E #8BE94E

square

#4ED9E9 #AC4EE9 #E95E4E #8BE94E

split-complementary

#4ED9E9 #E94E8B #E9AC4E

monochromatic

#1599A8 #1CCADE #4ED9E9 #84E5F0 #BBF0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#4ED9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#4ED9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ED9E9

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ED9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ED9E9	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ed9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 217, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.119 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e5f0',
    500: '#4ed9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ed9e9;
$custom-light: #92e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ed9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.194,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.57129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ED9E9

secondary

#A93E32

accent

#210BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ED9E9

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

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