#4DB8AF#4DB8AF

#4DB8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8AF
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -32.72, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 33.05, 188.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0979 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.099 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9355, 38.9511, 46.5952)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8AF #B84D56

analogous

#4DB879 #4DB8AF #4D8BB8

triadic

#4DB8AF #AF4DB8 #B8AF4D

tetradic

#4DB8AF #794DB8 #B84D56 #8BB84D

square

#4DB8AF #794DB8 #B84D56 #8BB84D

split-complementary

#4DB8AF #B84D8B #B8794D

monochromatic

#28635E #398F88 #4DB8AF #79C9C3 #A4DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4DB8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4DB8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8AF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8AF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec6',
    500: '#4db8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8af;
$custom-light: #8acec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.953,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.09877,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8AF

secondary

#C8999D

accent

#5560D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8AF

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

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