#4DD9DC#4DD9DC

#4DD9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.118 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DD9DC
RGB	rgb(77, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -35.89, -12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 38.02, 199.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.1128 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.118 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7860, 56.3662, 76.4265)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DD9DC #DC504D

analogous

#4DDC97 #4DD9DC #4D91DC

triadic

#4DD9DC #DC4DD9 #D9DC4D

tetradic

#4DD9DC #974DDC #DC504D #91DC4D

square

#4DD9DC #974DDC #DC504D #91DC4D

split-complementary

#4DD9DC #DC4D91 #DC974D

monochromatic

#1D8F92 #27C2C5 #4DD9DC #80E4E6 #B3EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4DD9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#4DD9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DD9DC

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DD9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DD9DC	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dd9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.118 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5e6',
    500: '#4dd9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dd9dc;
$custom-light: #91e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dd9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.259,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81253,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DD9DC

secondary

#973836

accent

#413EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DD9DC

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

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