#4DC9B9#4DC9B9

#4DC9B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9B9
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -37.98, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 38.05, 183.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.1116 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.112 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7002, 46.8504, 53.2092)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9B9 #C94D5D

analogous

#4DC97B #4DC9B9 #4D9BC9

triadic

#4DC9B9 #B94DC9 #C9B94D

tetradic

#4DC9B9 #7B4DC9 #C94D5D #9BC94D

square

#4DC9B9 #7B4DC9 #C94D5D #9BC94D

split-complementary

#4DC9B9 #C94D9B #C97B4D

monochromatic

#24776D #32A697 #4DC9B9 #7CD7CB #ABE5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4DC9B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#4DC9B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9B9

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9B9	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdace',
    500: '#4dc9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9b9;
$custom-light: #8cdace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76277,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9B9

secondary

#D39FA5

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9B9

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

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