#4DB8AE#4DB8AE

#4DB8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8AE
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -32.98, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 33.24, 187.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0984 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.099 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8377, 38.9119, 46.0799)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8AE #B84D57

analogous

#4DB878 #4DB8AE #4D8CB8

triadic

#4DB8AE #AE4DB8 #B8AE4D

tetradic

#4DB8AE #784DB8 #B84D57 #8CB84D

square

#4DB8AE #784DB8 #B84D57 #8CB84D

split-complementary

#4DB8AE #B84D8C #B8784D

monochromatic

#28635E #398F87 #4DB8AE #79C9C2 #A4DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4DB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4DB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8AE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8AE	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec6',
    500: '#4db8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8ae;
$custom-light: #8acec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.393,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71789,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8AE

secondary

#C8999D

accent

#5561D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8AE

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

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