#4DB9AA#4DB9AA

#4DB9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9AA
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -34.50, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 34.54, 182.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1012 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.101 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6620, 39.1752, 44.1262)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9AA #B94D5C

analogous

#4DB974 #4DB9AA #4D92B9

triadic

#4DB9AA #AA4DB9 #B9AA4D

tetradic

#4DB9AA #744DB9 #B94D5C #92B94D

square

#4DB9AA #744DB9 #B94D5C #92B94D

split-complementary

#4DB9AA #B94D92 #B9744D

monochromatic

#27645C #399084 #4DB9AA #79CABF #A5DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4DB9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4DB9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9AA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9AA	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec3',
    500: '#4db9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9aa;
$custom-light: #8acec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9AA

secondary

#C999A0

accent

#5566D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9AA

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

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