#4DC9CE#4DC9CE

#4DC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9CE
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -32.29, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 34.69, 201.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.1024 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0830, 47.8035, 65.7586)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9CE #CE524D

analogous

#4DCE93 #4DC9CE #4D88CE

triadic

#4DC9CE #CE4DC9 #C9CE4D

tetradic

#4DC9CE #934DCE #CE524D #88CE4D

square

#4DC9CE #934DCE #CE524D #88CE4D

split-complementary

#4DC9CE #CE4D88 #CE934D

monochromatic

#237A7E #30A9AE #4DC9CE #7DD8DB #ADE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4DC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#4DC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9CE

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9CE	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edadc',
    500: '#4dc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9ce;
$custom-light: #8edadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.326,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7697,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9CE

secondary

#D6A3A1

accent

#4E48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9CE

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

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