#4DB79C#4DB79C

#4DB79C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB79C
RGB	rgb(77, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 14.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -37.12, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 37.40, 172.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.1054 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.106 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9920, 37.8425, 37.3806)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB79C #B74D68

analogous

#4DB767 #4DB79C #4D9DB7

triadic

#4DB79C #9C4DB7 #B79C4D

tetradic

#4DB79C #674DB7 #B74D68 #9DB74D

square

#4DB79C #674DB7 #B74D68 #9DB74D

split-complementary

#4DB79C #B74D9D #B7674D

monochromatic

#286253 #398E78 #4DB79C #79C9B4 #A4DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4DB79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#4DB79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB79C

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB79C	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdb9',
    500: '#4db79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db79c;
$custom-light: #89cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.717,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB79C

secondary

#C798A4

accent

#5675D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB79C

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

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