#4DB5C2#4DB5C2

#4DB5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5C2
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(187, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -25.96, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 30.28, 210.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0865 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.097 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3180, 38.5176, 56.9180)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5C2 #C25A4D

analogous

#4DC295 #4DB5C2 #4D7AC2

triadic

#4DB5C2 #C24DB5 #B5C24D

tetradic

#4DB5C2 #954DC2 #C25A4D #7AC24D

square

#4DB5C2 #954DC2 #C25A4D #7AC24D

split-complementary

#4DB5C2 #C24D7A #C2954D

monochromatic

#26676F #36919C #4DB5C2 #7BC8D2 #A8DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4DB5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4DB5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5C2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5C2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd4',
    500: '#4db5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5c2;
$custom-light: #8bcbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7176,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5C2

secondary

#CFA29C

accent

#5F4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5C2

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

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