#4DC9DD#4DC9DD

#4DC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9DD
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -27.96, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 34.41, 215.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0963 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.111 210)
XYZ	xyz(36.9929, 48.5675, 75.8175)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9DD #DD614D

analogous

#4DDDA9 #4DC9DD #4D81DD

triadic

#4DC9DD #DD4DC9 #C9DD4D

tetradic

#4DC9DD #A94DDD #DD614D #81DD4D

square

#4DC9DD #A94DDD #DD614D #81DD4D

split-complementary

#4DC9DD #DD4D81 #DDA94D

monochromatic

#1C8393 #26B0C7 #4DC9DD #80D9E7 #B4E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4DC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#4DC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9DD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9DD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e7',
    500: '#4dc9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9dd;
$custom-light: #8fd9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77517,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.48572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9DD

secondary

#DFAEA6

accent

#553DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9DD

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

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