#4DB9CA#4DB9CA

#4DB9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9CA
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -25.63, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 31.20, 214.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0875 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.1 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0658, 40.5367, 62.0528)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9CA #CA5E4D

analogous

#4DCA9D #4DB9CA #4D7BCA

triadic

#4DB9CA #CA4DB9 #B9CA4D

tetradic

#4DB9CA #9D4DCA #CA5E4D #7BCA4D

square

#4DB9CA #9D4DCA #CA5E4D #7BCA4D

split-complementary

#4DB9CA #CA4D7B #CA9D4D

monochromatic

#246D79 #3298A8 #4DB9CA #7CCCD8 #ABDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4DB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#4DB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9CA

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9CA	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceda',
    500: '#4db9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9ca;
$custom-light: #8cceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.16,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9CA

secondary

#D4A69F

accent

#5E4ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9CA

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

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