#4DC9D4#4DC9D4

#4DC9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.109 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9D4
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -30.58, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 34.35, 207.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0999 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.109 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8258, 48.1006, 69.6709)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9D4 #D4584D

analogous

#4DD49C #4DC9D4 #4D86D4

triadic

#4DC9D4 #D44DC9 #C9D44D

tetradic

#4DC9D4 #9C4DD4 #D4584D #86D44D

square

#4DC9D4 #9C4DD4 #D4584D #86D44D

split-complementary

#4DC9D4 #D44D86 #D49C4D

monochromatic

#207E86 #2CACB7 #4DC9D4 #7ED8E0 #B0E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4DC9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#4DC9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9D4

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9D4	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.109 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e1',
    500: '#4dc9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9d4;
$custom-light: #8ed9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.889,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77183,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9D4

secondary

#DAA7A3

accent

#5144E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9D4

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

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