#4DB8CA#4DB8CA

#4DB8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8CA
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -25.13, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 31.05, 215.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0864 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.1 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8573, 40.1198, 61.9833)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8CA #CA5F4D

analogous

#4DCA9E #4DB8CA #4D7ACA

triadic

#4DB8CA #CA4DB8 #B8CA4D

tetradic

#4DB8CA #9E4DCA #CA5F4D #7ACA4D

square

#4DB8CA #9E4DCA #CA5F4D #7ACA4D

split-complementary

#4DB8CA #CA4D7A #CA9E4D

monochromatic

#246C79 #3297A8 #4DB8CA #7CCBD8 #ABDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4DB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4DB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8CA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8CA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdda',
    500: '#4db8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8ca;
$custom-light: #8ccdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.64,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72777,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8CA

secondary

#D4A79F

accent

#604ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8CA

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

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