#4FD9DC#4FD9DC

#4FD9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.117 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FD9DC
RGB	rgb(79, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -35.59, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 37.71, 199.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.1118 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.117 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9499, 56.4507, 76.4342)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FD9DC #DC524F

analogous

#4FDC98 #4FD9DC #4F92DC

triadic

#4FD9DC #DC4FD9 #D9DC4F

tetradic

#4FD9DC #984FDC #DC524F #92DC4F

square

#4FD9DC #984FDC #DC524F #92DC4F

split-complementary

#4FD9DC #DC4F92 #DC984F

monochromatic

#1D9193 #27C3C6 #4FD9DC #82E4E6 #B5EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4FD9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#4FD9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FD9DC

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FD9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FD9DC	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	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: #4fd9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.117 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5e6',
    500: '#4fd9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fd9dc;
$custom-light: #91e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fd9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81306,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FD9DC

secondary

#983937

accent

#423EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FD9DC

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

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