#4DB5BE#4DB5BE

#4DB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.096 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5BE
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -27.11, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 30.33, 206.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0882 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.096 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8748, 38.3403, 54.5839)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5BE #BE564D

analogous

#4DBE8F #4DB5BE #4D7CBE

triadic

#4DB5BE #BE4DB5 #B5BE4D

tetradic

#4DB5BE #8F4DBE #BE564D #7CBE4D

square

#4DB5BE #8F4DBE #BE564D #7CBE4D

split-complementary

#4DB5BE #BE4D7C #BE8F4D

monochromatic

#27656A #378F97 #4DB5BE #7AC8CE #A7DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4DB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4DB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5BE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5BE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.096 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd1',
    500: '#4db5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5be;
$custom-light: #8bcbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.779,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71612,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5BE

secondary

#CC9F9B

accent

#5C52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5BE

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

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