#4CD9E4#4CD9E4

#4CD9E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.119 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CD9E4
RGB	rgb(76, 217, 228)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -33.78, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 37.58, 206.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.1099 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.119 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7908, 56.7589, 82.1368)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CD9E4 #E4574C

analogous

#4CE4A3 #4CD9E4 #4C8DE4

triadic

#4CD9E4 #E44CD9 #D9E44C

tetradic

#4CD9E4 #A34CE4 #E4574C #8DE44C

square

#4CD9E4 #A34CE4 #E4574C #8DE44C

split-complementary

#4CD9E4 #E44C8D #E4A34C

monochromatic

#18949E #20C6D3 #4CD9E4 #81E4EC #B6F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#4CD9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#4CD9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CD9E4

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CD9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CD9E4	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cd9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 217, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.119 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5ec',
    500: '#4cd9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cd9e4;
$custom-light: #91e5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cd9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.342,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81508,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CD9E4

secondary

#A13B33

accent

#4537F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CD9E4

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

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