#4DB8BC#4DB8BC

#4DB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.097 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8BC
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -29.16, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 31.25, 201.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0922 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.097 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2743, 39.4866, 53.6461)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8BC #BC514D

analogous

#4DBC89 #4DB8BC #4D81BC

triadic

#4DB8BC #BC4DB8 #B8BC4D

tetradic

#4DB8BC #894DBC #BC514D #81BC4D

square

#4DB8BC #894DBC #BC514D #81BC4D

split-complementary

#4DB8BC #BC4D81 #BC894D

monochromatic

#276568 #389194 #4DB8BC #79CACD #A6DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4DB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8BC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8BC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.097 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdd0',
    500: '#4db8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8bc;
$custom-light: #8bcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.162,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8BC

secondary

#CB9C9A

accent

#5853D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8BC

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

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