#4DB8BB#4DB8BB

#4DB8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.097 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8BB
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -29.44, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 31.33, 200.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0927 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.097 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1669, 39.4436, 53.0803)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8BB #BB504D

analogous

#4DBB87 #4DB8BB #4D81BB

triadic

#4DB8BB #BB4DB8 #B8BB4D

tetradic

#4DB8BB #874DBB #BB504D #81BB4D

square

#4DB8BB #874DBB #BB504D #81BB4D

split-complementary

#4DB8BB #BB4D81 #BB874D

monochromatic

#276566 #389093 #4DB8BB #79CACC #A6DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4DB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8BB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8BB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.097 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdcf',
    500: '#4db8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8bb;
$custom-light: #8bcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.636,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72227,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8BB

secondary

#CA9B9A

accent

#5753D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8BB

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

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