#4DB5AA#4DB5AA

#4DB5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5AA
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -32.62, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 32.80, 186.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0969 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.097 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8369, 37.5251, 43.8512)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5AA #B54D58

analogous

#4DB576 #4DB5AA #4D8CB5

triadic

#4DB5AA #AA4DB5 #B5AA4D

tetradic

#4DB5AA #764DB5 #B54D58 #8CB54D

square

#4DB5AA #764DB5 #B54D58 #8CB54D

split-complementary

#4DB5AA #B54D8C #B5764D

monochromatic

#28605A #3A8B82 #4DB5AA #78C7BF #A3D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4DB5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#4DB5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5AA

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5AA	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc3',
    500: '#4db5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5aa;
$custom-light: #89cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.654,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70927,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5AA

secondary

#C6989D

accent

#5764D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5AA

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

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