#4DC9DE#4DC9DE

#4DC9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.112 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9DE
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -27.67, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 34.47, 216.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0959 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.112 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1265, 48.6209, 76.5212)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9DE #DE624D

analogous

#4DDEAA #4DC9DE #4D80DE

triadic

#4DC9DE #DE4DC9 #C9DE4D

tetradic

#4DC9DE #AA4DDE #DE624D #80DE4D

square

#4DC9DE #AA4DDE #DE624D #80DE4D

split-complementary

#4DC9DE #DE4D80 #DEAA4D

monochromatic

#1C8395 #25B1C9 #4DC9DE #81D9E8 #B4E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4DC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#4DC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9DE

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9DE	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.112 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e8',
    500: '#4dc9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9de;
$custom-light: #8fd9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.69,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77555,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9DE

secondary

#E0AFA7

accent

#563CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9DE

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

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