#4DA9BB#4DA9BB

#4DA9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.090 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA9BB
RGB	rgb(77, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -21.93, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 28.04, 218.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0764 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.09 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2145, 33.5390, 52.0962)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA9BB #BB5F4D

analogous

#4DBB96 #4DA9BB #4D72BB

triadic

#4DA9BB #BB4DA9 #A9BB4D

tetradic

#4DA9BB #964DBB #BB5F4D #72BB4D

square

#4DA9BB #964DBB #BB5F4D #72BB4D

split-complementary

#4DA9BB #BB4D72 #BB964D

monochromatic

#275C66 #388493 #4DA9BB #79BECC #A6D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4DA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#4DA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA9BB

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA9BB	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.090 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2cf',
    500: '#4da9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da9bb;
$custom-light: #89c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.818,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68622,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA9BB

secondary

#CAA29A

accent

#6853D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA9BB

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

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