#4DB5C8#4DB5C8

#4DB5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.099 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5C8
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -24.20, -18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 30.52, 217.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0841 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.099 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0055, 38.7925, 60.5388)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5C8 #C8604D

analogous

#4DC89E #4DB5C8 #4D78C8

triadic

#4DB5C8 #C84DB5 #B5C84D

tetradic

#4DB5C8 #9E4DC8 #C8604D #78C84D

square

#4DB5C8 #9E4DC8 #C8604D #78C84D

split-complementary

#4DB5C8 #C84D78 #C89E4D

monochromatic

#246A76 #3393A5 #4DB5C8 #7CC8D6 #ABDCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4DB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4DB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5C8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5C8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.099 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd8',
    500: '#4db5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5c8;
$custom-light: #8bcbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.268,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5C8

secondary

#D2A69E

accent

#624CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5C8

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

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