#4DB5BC#4DB5BC

#4DB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.096 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5BC
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -27.68, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 30.41, 204.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.089 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.096 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6577, 38.2534, 53.4406)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5BC #BC544D

analogous

#4DBC8C #4DB5BC #4D7EBC

triadic

#4DB5BC #BC4DB5 #B5BC4D

tetradic

#4DB5BC #8C4DBC #BC544D #7EBC4D

square

#4DB5BC #8C4DBC #BC544D #7EBC4D

split-complementary

#4DB5BC #BC4D7E #BC8C4D

monochromatic

#276468 #388E94 #4DB5BC #79C7CD #A6DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4DB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#4DB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5BC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5BC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.096 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd0',
    500: '#4db5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5bc;
$custom-light: #8acbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.784,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5BC

secondary

#CB9D9A

accent

#5B53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5BC

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

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