#4DB8A9#4DB8A9

#4DB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8A9
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -34.30, -1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 34.33, 182.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1006 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.101 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3593, 38.7206, 43.5604)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8A9 #B84D5C

analogous

#4DB873 #4DB8A9 #4D91B8

triadic

#4DB8A9 #A94DB8 #B8A94D

tetradic

#4DB8A9 #734DB8 #B84D5C #91B84D

square

#4DB8A9 #734DB8 #B84D5C #91B84D

split-complementary

#4DB8A9 #B84D91 #B8734D

monochromatic

#28635B #398F83 #4DB8A9 #79C9BE #A4DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4DB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4DB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8A9

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8A9	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec2',
    500: '#4db8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8a9;
$custom-light: #89cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.589,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7163,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8A9

secondary

#C8999F

accent

#5567D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8A9

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

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