#4DB9BF#4DB9BF

#4DB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9BF
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -28.80, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 31.31, 203.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.092 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8095, 40.0342, 55.4365)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9BF #BF534D

analogous

#4DBF8C #4DB9BF #4D80BF

triadic

#4DB9BF #BF4DB9 #B9BF4D

tetradic

#4DB9BF #8C4DBF #BF534D #80BF4D

square

#4DB9BF #8C4DBF #BF534D #80BF4D

split-complementary

#4DB9BF #BF4D80 #BF8C4D

monochromatic

#27676B #379398 #4DB9BF #7ACBCF #A7DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4DB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#4DB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9BF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9BF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced2',
    500: '#4db9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9bf;
$custom-light: #8bced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7261,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9BF

secondary

#CD9E9B

accent

#5851D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9BF

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

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