#4DB5AB#4DB5AB

#4DB5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.097 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5AB
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -32.36, -3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 32.60, 186.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0964 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.097 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9319, 37.5631, 44.3513)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5AB #B54D57

analogous

#4DB577 #4DB5AB #4D8BB5

triadic

#4DB5AB #AB4DB5 #B5AB4D

tetradic

#4DB5AB #774DB5 #B54D57 #8BB54D

square

#4DB5AB #774DB5 #B54D57 #8BB54D

split-complementary

#4DB5AB #B54D8B #B5774D

monochromatic

#28605A #3A8B83 #4DB5AB #78C7BF #A3D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4DB5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#4DB5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5AB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5AB	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)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.097 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc4',
    500: '#4db5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5ab;
$custom-light: #89cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.231,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70959,
    "c": 0.09707,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5AB

secondary

#C6989C

accent

#5762D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5AB

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

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