#4DB9BE#4DB9BE

#4DB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.098 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9BE
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -29.08, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 31.38, 202.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0924 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.098 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6998, 39.9903, 54.8589)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9BE #BE524D

analogous

#4DBE8B #4DB9BE #4D80BE

triadic

#4DB9BE #BE4DB9 #B9BE4D

tetradic

#4DB9BE #8B4DBE #BE524D #80BE4D

square

#4DB9BE #8B4DBE #BE524D #80BE4D

split-complementary

#4DB9BE #BE4D80 #BE8B4D

monochromatic

#27676A #379397 #4DB9BE #7ACBCE #A7DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4DB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4DB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9BE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9BE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.098 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced1',
    500: '#4db9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9be;
$custom-light: #8bced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.655,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9BE

secondary

#CC9D9B

accent

#5852D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9BE

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

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