#4DB8AB#4DB8AB

#4DB8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8AB
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -33.78, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 33.88, 184.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0997 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.1 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5485, 38.7963, 44.5568)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8AB #B84D5A

analogous

#4DB875 #4DB8AB #4D8FB8

triadic

#4DB8AB #AB4DB8 #B8AB4D

tetradic

#4DB8AB #754DB8 #B84D5A #8FB84D

square

#4DB8AB #754DB8 #B84D5A #8FB84D

split-complementary

#4DB8AB #B84D8F #B8754D

monochromatic

#28635C #398F84 #4DB8AB #79C9C0 #A4DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4DB8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4DB8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8AB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8AB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec4',
    500: '#4db8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8ab;
$custom-light: #89cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.71,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71693,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8AB

secondary

#C8999F

accent

#5564D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8AB

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

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