#4DB8BE#4DB8BE

#4DB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.097 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8BE
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -28.59, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 31.10, 203.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0914 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.097 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4914, 39.5734, 54.7894)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8BE #BE534D

analogous

#4DBE8C #4DB8BE #4D7FBE

triadic

#4DB8BE #BE4DB8 #B8BE4D

tetradic

#4DB8BE #8C4DBE #BE534D #7FBE4D

square

#4DB8BE #8C4DBE #BE534D #7FBE4D

split-complementary

#4DB8BE #BE4D7F #BE8C4D

monochromatic

#27666A #379297 #4DB8BE #7ACACE #A7DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4DB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8BE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8BE	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.097 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdd1',
    500: '#4db8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8be;
$custom-light: #8bcdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.186,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8BE

secondary

#CC9D9B

accent

#5952D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8BE

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

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