#4DB8CD#4DB8CD

#4DB8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8CD
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -24.24, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 31.26, 219.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0852 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.101 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2160, 40.2633, 63.8722)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8CD #CD624D

analogous

#4DCDA2 #4DB8CD #4D78CD

triadic

#4DB8CD #CD4DB8 #B8CD4D

tetradic

#4DB8CD #A24DCD #CD624D #78CD4D

square

#4DB8CD #A24DCD #CD624D #78CD4D

split-complementary

#4DB8CD #CD4D78 #CDA24D

monochromatic

#236E7D #3098AC #4DB8CD #7DCBDA #ADDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4DB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4DB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8CD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8CD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccddc',
    500: '#4db8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8cd;
$custom-light: #8ccddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.844,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72893,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8CD

secondary

#D6A9A0

accent

#6148DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8CD

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

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