#4DB9CC#4DB9CC

#4DB9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9CC
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -25.04, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 31.31, 216.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0867 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.101 211)
XYZ	xyz(31.3041, 40.6320, 63.3080)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9CC #CC604D

analogous

#4DCC9F #4DB9CC #4D7ACC

triadic

#4DB9CC #CC4DB9 #B9CC4D

tetradic

#4DB9CC #9F4DCC #CC604D #7ACC4D

square

#4DB9CC #9F4DCC #CC604D #7ACC4D

split-complementary

#4DB9CC #CC4D7A #CC9F4D

monochromatic

#236E7B #3199AB #4DB9CC #7DCCDA #ACDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4DB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4DB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9CC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9CC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedb',
    500: '#4db9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9cc;
$custom-light: #8ccedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.976,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73091,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.40635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9CC

secondary

#D5A8A0

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9CC

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

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