#4DC9DB#4DC9DB

#4DC9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.111 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9DB
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -28.55, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 34.34, 213.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0971 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.111 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7280, 48.4615, 74.4225)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9DB #DB5F4D

analogous

#4DDBA6 #4DC9DB #4D82DB

triadic

#4DC9DB #DB4DC9 #C9DB4D

tetradic

#4DC9DB #A64DDB #DB5F4D #82DB4D

square

#4DC9DB #A64DDB #DB5F4D #82DB4D

split-complementary

#4DC9DB #DB4D82 #DBA64D

monochromatic

#1D8290 #27B0C3 #4DC9DB #80D8E5 #B3E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4DC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#4DC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9DB

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9DB	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.111 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e6',
    500: '#4dc9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9db;
$custom-light: #8fd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77441,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9DB

secondary

#DEADA6

accent

#543FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9DB

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

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