#4CD9E2#4CD9E2

#4CD9E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CD9E2
RGB	rgb(76, 217, 226)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -34.35, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 37.68, 204.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.1107 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5148, 56.6485, 80.6831)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CD9E2 #E2554C

analogous

#4CE2A0 #4CD9E2 #4C8EE2

triadic

#4CD9E2 #E24CD9 #D9E24C

tetradic

#4CD9E2 #A04CE2 #E2554C #8EE24C

square

#4CD9E2 #A04CE2 #E2554C #8EE24C

split-complementary

#4CD9E2 #E24C8E #E2A04C

monochromatic

#19939B #22C5CF #4CD9E2 #81E4EB #B5EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#4CD9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#4CD9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CD9E2

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CD9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CD9E2	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cd9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 217, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5eb',
    500: '#4cd9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cd9e2;
$custom-light: #91e5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cd9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81437,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CD9E2

secondary

#9E3A34

accent

#4439EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CD9E2

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

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