#4DB9B2#4DB9B2

#4DB9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.099 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9B2
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -32.39, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 32.89, 190.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0977 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.099 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4419, 39.4872, 48.2337)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9B2 #B94D54

analogous

#4DB97C #4DB9B2 #4D8AB9

triadic

#4DB9B2 #B24DB9 #B9B24D

tetradic

#4DB9B2 #7C4DB9 #B94D54 #8AB94D

square

#4DB9B2 #7C4DB9 #B94D54 #8AB94D

split-complementary

#4DB9B2 #B94D8A #B97C4D

monochromatic

#276460 #39908A #4DB9B2 #79CAC5 #A5DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4DB9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9B2

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9B2	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.099 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec9',
    500: '#4db9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9b2;
$custom-light: #8acec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.111,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72164,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9B2

secondary

#C9999C

accent

#555DD3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9B2

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

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