#4DB7AD#4DB7AD

#4DB7AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.098 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB7AD
RGB	rgb(77, 183, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -32.78, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 33.03, 187.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0977 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.098 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5336, 38.4591, 45.4994)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB7AD #B74D57

analogous

#4DB778 #4DB7AD #4D8CB7

triadic

#4DB7AD #AD4DB7 #B7AD4D

tetradic

#4DB7AD #784DB7 #B74D57 #8CB74D

square

#4DB7AD #784DB7 #B74D57 #8CB74D

split-complementary

#4DB7AD #B74D8C #B7784D

monochromatic

#28625C #398E86 #4DB7AD #79C9C1 #A4DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4DB7AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4DB7AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB7AD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB7AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB7AD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db7ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 183, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.098 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdc5',
    500: '#4db7ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db7ad;
$custom-light: #89cdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db7ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.34,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71513,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB7AD

secondary

#C7989D

accent

#5661D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB7AD

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

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