#4FC9DC#4FC9DC

#4FC9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.110 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FC9DC
RGB	rgb(79, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -27.95, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 34.07, 214.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0957 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.11 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0239, 48.5988, 75.1256)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FC9DC #DC624F

analogous

#4FDCA8 #4FC9DC #4F82DC

triadic

#4FC9DC #DC4FC9 #C9DC4F

tetradic

#4FC9DC #A84FDC #DC624F #82DC4F

square

#4FC9DC #A84FDC #DC624F #82DC4F

split-complementary

#4FC9DC #DC4F82 #DCA84F

monochromatic

#1D8393 #27B1C6 #4FC9DC #82D9E6 #B5E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4FC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#4FC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FC9DC

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FC9DC	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fc9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.110 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9e6',
    500: '#4fc9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fc9dc;
$custom-light: #90d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fc9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.085,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77537,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FC9DC

secondary

#DFAFA8

accent

#553EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FC9DC

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

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