#4DB8A7#4DB8A7

#4DB8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.102 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8A7
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -34.81, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 34.82, 180.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1015 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.102 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1730, 38.6461, 42.5791)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8A7 #B84D5E

analogous

#4DB871 #4DB8A7 #4D93B8

triadic

#4DB8A7 #A74DB8 #B8A74D

tetradic

#4DB8A7 #714DB8 #B84D5E #93B84D

square

#4DB8A7 #714DB8 #B84D5E #93B84D

split-complementary

#4DB8A7 #B84D93 #B8714D

monochromatic

#28635A #398F81 #4DB8A7 #79C9BD #A4DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4DB8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4DB8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8A7

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8A7	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.102 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec1',
    500: '#4db8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8a7;
$custom-light: #89cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.467,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8A7

secondary

#C899A0

accent

#5569D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8A7

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

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