#4DC8DD#4DC8DD

#4DC8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.111 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC8DD
RGB	rgb(77, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -27.47, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 34.28, 216.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0953 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.111 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7605, 48.1028, 75.7400)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC8DD #DD624D

analogous

#4DDDAA #4DC8DD #4D80DD

triadic

#4DC8DD #DD4DC8 #C8DD4D

tetradic

#4DC8DD #AA4DDD #DD624D #80DD4D

square

#4DC8DD #AA4DDD #DD624D #80DD4D

split-complementary

#4DC8DD #DD4D80 #DDAA4D

monochromatic

#1C8293 #26AFC7 #4DC8DD #80D8E7 #B4E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4DC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#4DC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC8DD

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC8DD	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.111 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e7',
    500: '#4dc8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc8dd;
$custom-light: #8fd9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77282,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC8DD

secondary

#DFAFA6

accent

#563DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC8DD

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

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