#4DB9AF#4DB9AF

#4DB9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9AF
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -33.19, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 33.46, 187.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.099 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.1 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1440, 39.3680, 46.6647)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9AF #B94D57

analogous

#4DB979 #4DB9AF #4D8DB9

triadic

#4DB9AF #AF4DB9 #B9AF4D

tetradic

#4DB9AF #794DB9 #B94D57 #8DB94D

square

#4DB9AF #794DB9 #B94D57 #8DB94D

split-complementary

#4DB9AF #B94D8D #B9794D

monochromatic

#27645F #399088 #4DB9AF #79CAC3 #A5DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4DB9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4DB9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9AF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9AF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec6',
    500: '#4db9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9af;
$custom-light: #8acec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.444,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9AF

secondary

#C9999E

accent

#5560D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9AF

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

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