#4DC9C5#4DC9C5

#4DC9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.109 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9C5
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 197)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -34.78, -8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 35.74, 193.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1063 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.109 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0208, 47.3786, 60.1645)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9C5 #C94D51

analogous

#4DC987 #4DC9C5 #4D8FC9

triadic

#4DC9C5 #C54DC9 #C9C54D

tetradic

#4DC9C5 #874DC9 #C94D51 #8FC94D

square

#4DC9C5 #874DC9 #C94D51 #8FC94D

split-complementary

#4DC9C5 #C94D8F #C9874D

monochromatic

#247775 #32A6A3 #4DC9C5 #7CD7D4 #ABE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4DC9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#4DC9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9C5

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9C5	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.109 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddad6',
    500: '#4dc9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9c5;
$custom-light: #8ddad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76662,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9C5

secondary

#D39FA0

accent

#4B50DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9C5

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

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