#4DC9B2#4DC9B2

#4DC9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9B2
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 11.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -39.78, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 39.80, 178.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.1147 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.115 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9793, 46.5621, 49.4129)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9B2 #C94D64

analogous

#4DC974 #4DC9B2 #4DA2C9

triadic

#4DC9B2 #B24DC9 #C9B24D

tetradic

#4DC9B2 #744DC9 #C94D64 #A2C94D

square

#4DC9B2 #744DC9 #C94D64 #A2C94D

split-complementary

#4DC9B2 #C94DA2 #C9744D

monochromatic

#247768 #32A691 #4DC9B2 #7CD7C6 #ABE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4DC9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#4DC9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9B2

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9B2	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdac9',
    500: '#4dc9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9b2;
$custom-light: #8cdac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.871,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9B2

secondary

#D39FA8

accent

#4B66DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9B2

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

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