#4CD9E1#4CD9E1

#4CD9E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.119 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CD9E1
RGB	rgb(76, 217, 225)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -34.63, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 37.74, 203.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.1111 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.119 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3780, 56.5938, 79.9625)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CD9E1 #E1544C

analogous

#4CE19E #4CD9E1 #4C8FE1

triadic

#4CD9E1 #E14CD9 #D9E14C

tetradic

#4CD9E1 #9E4CE1 #E1544C #8FE14C

square

#4CD9E1 #9E4CE1 #E1544C #8FE14C

split-complementary

#4CD9E1 #E14C8F #E19E4C

monochromatic

#1A9299 #22C4CD #4CD9E1 #80E4EA #B5EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#4CD9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#4CD9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CD9E1

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CD9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CD9E1	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cd9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 217, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.119 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5ea',
    500: '#4cd9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cd9e1;
$custom-light: #91e5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cd9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.221,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81401,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CD9E1

secondary

#9D3A34

accent

#433AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CD9E1

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

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