#4DC9CF#4DC9CF

#4DC9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.108 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9CF
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -32.00, -13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 34.61, 202.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.102 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.108 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2048, 47.8523, 66.4004)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9CF #CF534D

analogous

#4DCF94 #4DC9CF #4D88CF

triadic

#4DC9CF #CF4DC9 #C9CF4D

tetradic

#4DC9CF #944DCF #CF534D #88CF4D

square

#4DC9CF #944DCF #CF534D #88CF4D

split-complementary

#4DC9CF #CF4D88 #CF944D

monochromatic

#227B7F #2FAAAF #4DC9CF #7DD8DC #ADE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4DC9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#4DC9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9CF

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9CF	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.108 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edadd',
    500: '#4dc9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9cf;
$custom-light: #8edadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.769,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77005,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9CF

secondary

#D7A3A1

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9CF

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

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