#4DB8BD#4DB8BD

#4DB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.097 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8BD
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -28.87, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 31.17, 202.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0918 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.097 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3825, 39.5299, 54.2158)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8BD #BD524D

analogous

#4DBD8A #4DB8BD #4D80BD

triadic

#4DB8BD #BD4DB8 #B8BD4D

tetradic

#4DB8BD #8A4DBD #BD524D #80BD4D

square

#4DB8BD #8A4DBD #BD524D #80BD4D

split-complementary

#4DB8BD #BD4D80 #BD8A4D

monochromatic

#276669 #379195 #4DB8BD #7ACACE #A6DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4DB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8BD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8BD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.097 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdd0',
    500: '#4db8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8bd;
$custom-light: #8bcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.679,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8BD

secondary

#CB9D9A

accent

#5852D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8BD

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

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