#4DC9CD#4DC9CD

#4DC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.108 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9CD
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -32.57, -12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 34.77, 200.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.1029 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.108 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9619, 47.7551, 65.1209)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9CD #CD514D

analogous

#4DCD91 #4DC9CD #4D89CD

triadic

#4DC9CD #CD4DC9 #C9CD4D

tetradic

#4DC9CD #914DCD #CD514D #89CD4D

square

#4DC9CD #914DCD #CD514D #89CD4D

split-complementary

#4DC9CD #CD4D89 #CD914D

monochromatic

#237A7D #30A9AC #4DC9CD #7DD7DA #ADE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4DC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#4DC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9CD

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9CD	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.108 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edadc',
    500: '#4dc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9cd;
$custom-light: #8edadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76935,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9CD

secondary

#D6A2A0

accent

#4D48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9CD

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

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