#4DD9E6#4DD9E6

#4DD9E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.119 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DD9E6
RGB	rgb(77, 217, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 5.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -33.06, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 37.36, 207.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.1086 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.119 204)
XYZ	xyz(42.1502, 56.9119, 83.6112)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DD9E6 #E65A4D

analogous

#4DE6A6 #4DD9E6 #4D8CE6

triadic

#4DD9E6 #E64DD9 #D9E64D

tetradic

#4DD9E6 #A64DE6 #E65A4D #8CE64D

square

#4DD9E6 #A64DE6 #E65A4D #8CE64D

split-complementary

#4DD9E6 #E64D8C #E6A64D

monochromatic

#1796A2 #1EC8D8 #4DD9E6 #83E4EE #B8F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#4DD9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#4DD9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DD9E6

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DD9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DD9E6	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dd9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 217, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.119 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5ed',
    500: '#4dd9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dd9e6;
$custom-light: #91e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dd9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.098,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81605,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.56917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DD9E6

secondary

#A43C33

accent

#1F0ED8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DD9E6

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

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