#4DC9C8#4DC9C8

#4DC9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.108 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9C8
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -33.96, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 35.32, 195.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.105 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.108 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3680, 47.5175, 61.9929)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9C8 #C94D4E

analogous

#4DC98A #4DC9C8 #4D8CC9

triadic

#4DC9C8 #C84DC9 #C9C84D

tetradic

#4DC9C8 #8A4DC9 #C94D4E #8CC94D

square

#4DC9C8 #8A4DC9 #C94D4E #8CC94D

split-complementary

#4DC9C8 #C94D8C #C98A4D

monochromatic

#247777 #32A6A5 #4DC9C8 #7CD7D7 #ABE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4DC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#4DC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9C8

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9C8	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.108 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddad8',
    500: '#4dc9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9c8;
$custom-light: #8ddad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.516,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76763,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9C8

secondary

#D39F9F

accent

#4B4CDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9C8

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

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