#4DD8E6#4DD8E6

#4DD8E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.118 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DD8E6
RGB	rgb(77, 216, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -32.59, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 37.15, 208.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.1076 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.118 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8932, 56.3980, 83.5256)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DD8E6 #E65B4D

analogous

#4DE6A7 #4DD8E6 #4D8CE6

triadic

#4DD8E6 #E64DD8 #D8E64D

tetradic

#4DD8E6 #A74DE6 #E65B4D #8CE64D

square

#4DD8E6 #A74DE6 #E65B4D #8CE64D

split-complementary

#4DD8E6 #E64D8C #E6A74D

monochromatic

#1795A2 #1EC7D8 #4DD8E6 #83E4EE #B8F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4DD8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#4DD8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DD8E6

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DD8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DD8E6	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dd8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 216, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.118 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4ed',
    500: '#4dd8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dd8e6;
$custom-light: #91e4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dd8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.49,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8137,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DD8E6

secondary

#A43D33

accent

#200ED8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DD8E6

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

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