#4DB9CD#4DB9CD

#4DB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9CD
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -24.74, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 31.37, 217.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0863 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.102 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4244, 40.6802, 63.9417)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9CD #CD614D

analogous

#4DCDA1 #4DB9CD #4D79CD

triadic

#4DB9CD #CD4DB9 #B9CD4D

tetradic

#4DB9CD #A14DCD #CD614D #79CD4D

square

#4DB9CD #A14DCD #CD614D #79CD4D

split-complementary

#4DB9CD #CD4D79 #CDA14D

monochromatic

#236F7D #3099AC #4DB9CD #7DCCDA #ADDFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4DB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4DB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9CD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9CD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedc',
    500: '#4db9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9cd;
$custom-light: #8ccedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7313,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9CD

secondary

#D6A9A0

accent

#6048DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9CD

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

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