#4DC9DC#4DC9DC

#4DC9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9DC
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -28.26, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 34.37, 214.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0967 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.111 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8600, 48.5143, 75.1179)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9DC #DC604D

analogous

#4DDCA7 #4DC9DC #4D81DC

triadic

#4DC9DC #DC4DC9 #C9DC4D

tetradic

#4DC9DC #A74DDC #DC604D #81DC4D

square

#4DC9DC #A74DDC #DC604D #81DC4D

split-complementary

#4DC9DC #DC4D81 #DCA74D

monochromatic

#1D8292 #27B0C5 #4DC9DC #80D9E6 #B3E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4DC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#4DC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9DC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9DC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e6',
    500: '#4dc9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9dc;
$custom-light: #8fd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.972,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77479,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9DC

secondary

#DFADA6

accent

#553EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9DC

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

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