#4DC9CB#4DC9CB

#4DC9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.108 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9CB
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -33.13, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 34.96, 198.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.1037 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.108 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7220, 47.6591, 63.8576)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9CB #CB4F4D

analogous

#4DCB8E #4DC9CB #4D8ACB

triadic

#4DC9CB #CB4DC9 #C9CB4D

tetradic

#4DC9CB #8E4DCB #CB4F4D #8ACB4D

square

#4DC9CB #8E4DCB #CB4F4D #8ACB4D

split-complementary

#4DC9CB #CB4D8A #CB8E4D

monochromatic

#24797A #31A7A9 #4DC9CB #7CD7D9 #ACE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4DC9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#4DC9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9CB

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9CB	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.108 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edada',
    500: '#4dc9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9cb;
$custom-light: #8edada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76865,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9CB

secondary

#D4A09F

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9CB

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

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