#4DC9E1#4DC9E1

#4DC9E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9E1
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -26.78, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 34.67, 219.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0947 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.113 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5321, 48.7832, 78.6576)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9E1 #E1654D

analogous

#4DE1AF #4DC9E1 #4D7FE1

triadic

#4DC9E1 #E14DC9 #C9E14D

tetradic

#4DC9E1 #AF4DE1 #E1654D #7FE14D

square

#4DC9E1 #AF4DE1 #E1654D #7FE14D

split-complementary

#4DC9E1 #E14D7F #E1AF4D

monochromatic

#1A859A #23B2CE #4DC9E1 #81D9EA #B6E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4DC9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#4DC9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9E1

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9E1	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9ea',
    500: '#4dc9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9e1;
$custom-light: #90d9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.73,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7767,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9E1

secondary

#E2B1A8

accent

#573AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9E1

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

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