#4DB8CC#4DB8CC

#4DB8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8CC
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -24.54, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 31.18, 218.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0856 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.101 212)
XYZ	xyz(31.0956, 40.2151, 63.2386)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8CC #CC614D

analogous

#4DCCA1 #4DB8CC #4D78CC

triadic

#4DB8CC #CC4DB8 #B8CC4D

tetradic

#4DB8CC #A14DCC #CC614D #78CC4D

square

#4DB8CC #A14DCC #CC614D #78CC4D

split-complementary

#4DB8CC #CC4D78 #CCA14D

monochromatic

#236D7B #3198AB #4DB8CC #7DCBDA #ACDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4DB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4DB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8CC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8CC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccddb',
    500: '#4db8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8cc;
$custom-light: #8ccddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.449,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72854,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.40218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8CC

secondary

#D5A8A0

accent

#6149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8CC

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

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