#4DC9D8#4DC9D8

#4DC9D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.110 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9D8
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -29.43, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 34.29, 210.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0983 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.11 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3366, 48.3050, 72.3612)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9D8 #D85C4D

analogous

#4DD8A2 #4DC9D8 #4D83D8

triadic

#4DC9D8 #D84DC9 #C9D84D

tetradic

#4DC9D8 #A24DD8 #D85C4D #83D84D

square

#4DC9D8 #A24DD8 #D85C4D #83D84D

split-complementary

#4DC9D8 #D84D83 #D8A24D

monochromatic

#1F808C #2AAEBE #4DC9D8 #7FD8E3 #B1E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4DC9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#4DC9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9D8

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9D8	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.110 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e4',
    500: '#4dc9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9d8;
$custom-light: #8fd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.475,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7733,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9D8

secondary

#DCAAA4

accent

#5341E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9D8

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

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