#4DB8A6#4DB8A6

#4DB8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8A6
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -35.07, -0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 35.07, 180.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1019 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.102 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0809, 38.6092, 42.0942)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8A6 #B84D5F

analogous

#4DB870 #4DB8A6 #4D94B8

triadic

#4DB8A6 #A64DB8 #B8A64D

tetradic

#4DB8A6 #704DB8 #B84D5F #94B84D

square

#4DB8A6 #704DB8 #B84D5F #94B84D

split-complementary

#4DB8A6 #B84D94 #B8704D

monochromatic

#286359 #398F80 #4DB8A6 #79C9BC #A4DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4DB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4DB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8A6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8A6	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec0',
    500: '#4db8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8a6;
$custom-light: #89cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.907,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71538,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8A6

secondary

#C899A1

accent

#556AD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8A6

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

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