#4DB9CB#4DB9CB

#4DB9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9CB
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -25.33, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 31.25, 215.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0871 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.101 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1845, 40.5842, 62.6784)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9CB #CB5F4D

analogous

#4DCB9E #4DB9CB #4D7ACB

triadic

#4DB9CB #CB4DB9 #B9CB4D

tetradic

#4DB9CB #9E4DCB #CB5F4D #7ACB4D

square

#4DB9CB #9E4DCB #CB5F4D #7ACB4D

split-complementary

#4DB9CB #CB4D7A #CB9E4D

monochromatic

#246E7A #3198A9 #4DB9CB #7CCCD9 #ACDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4DB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4DB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9CB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9CB	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceda',
    500: '#4db9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9cb;
$custom-light: #8cceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73053,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9CB

secondary

#D4A79F

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9CB

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

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