#4DB8A5#4DB8A5

#4DB8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8A5
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -35.33, 0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 35.33, 179.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1024 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.102 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9895, 38.5727, 41.6129)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8A5 #B84D60

analogous

#4DB86F #4DB8A5 #4D95B8

triadic

#4DB8A5 #A54DB8 #B8A54D

tetradic

#4DB8A5 #6F4DB8 #B84D60 #95B84D

square

#4DB8A5 #6F4DB8 #B84D60 #95B84D

split-complementary

#4DB8A5 #B84D95 #B86F4D

monochromatic

#286359 #398F80 #4DB8A5 #79C9BB #A4DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4DB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4DB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8A5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8A5	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cebf',
    500: '#4db8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8a5;
$custom-light: #89cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.346,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71507,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8A5

secondary

#C899A1

accent

#556BD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8A5

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

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