#4DC9D2#4DC9D2

#4DC9D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.109 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9D2
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 210)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -31.15, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 34.43, 205.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.1008 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.109 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5751, 48.0004, 68.3504)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9D2 #D2564D

analogous

#4DD299 #4DC9D2 #4D87D2

triadic

#4DC9D2 #D24DC9 #C9D24D

tetradic

#4DC9D2 #994DD2 #D2564D #87D24D

square

#4DC9D2 #994DD2 #D2564D #87D24D

split-complementary

#4DC9D2 #D24D87 #D2994D

monochromatic

#217D83 #2EABB4 #4DC9D2 #7ED8DE #AFE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4DC9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#4DC9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9D2

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9D2	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC1D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.109 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edadf',
    500: '#4dc9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9d2;
$custom-light: #8edadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.06,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77111,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9D2

secondary

#D9A6A2

accent

#5045E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9D2

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

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