#4DB4AC#4DB4AC

#4DB4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4AC
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -31.61, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 31.99, 188.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0949 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.096 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8250, 37.1962, 44.7876)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4AC #B44D55

analogous

#4DB478 #4DB4AC #4D88B4

triadic

#4DB4AC #AC4DB4 #B4AC4D

tetradic

#4DB4AC #784DB4 #B44D55 #88B44D

square

#4DB4AC #784DB4 #B44D55 #88B44D

split-complementary

#4DB4AC #B44D88 #B4784D

monochromatic

#285F5A #3A8A84 #4DB4AC #78C6C0 #A3D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4DB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#4DB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4AC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4AC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc4',
    500: '#4db4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4ac;
$custom-light: #89cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.34,
    "s": 40.711,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70747,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4AC

secondary

#C5979B

accent

#5761D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4AC

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

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