#4DC9BC#4DC9BC

#4DC9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.111 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9BC
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -37.20, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 37.38, 185.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.1102 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.111 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0202, 46.9784, 54.8947)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9BC #C94D5A

analogous

#4DC97E #4DC9BC #4D98C9

triadic

#4DC9BC #BC4DC9 #C9BC4D

tetradic

#4DC9BC #7E4DC9 #C94D5A #98C94D

square

#4DC9BC #7E4DC9 #C94D5A #98C94D

split-complementary

#4DC9BC #C94D98 #C97E4D

monochromatic

#24776F #32A69A #4DC9BC #7CD7CE #ABE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4DC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#4DC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9BC

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9BC	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.111 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdad0',
    500: '#4dc9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9bc;
$custom-light: #8cdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.71,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7637,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9BC

secondary

#D39FA4

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9BC

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

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