#4DB9CE#4DB9CE

#4DB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9CE
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -24.45, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 31.45, 218.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0859 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.102 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5455, 40.7286, 64.5795)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9CE #CE624D

analogous

#4DCEA2 #4DB9CE #4D79CE

triadic

#4DB9CE #CE4DB9 #B9CE4D

tetradic

#4DB9CE #A24DCE #CE624D #79CE4D

square

#4DB9CE #A24DCE #CE624D #79CE4D

split-complementary

#4DB9CE #CE4D79 #CEA24D

monochromatic

#236F7E #3099AE #4DB9CE #7DCCDB #ADDFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4DB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4DB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9CE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9CE	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedd',
    500: '#4db9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9ce;
$custom-light: #8ccedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.767,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73168,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9CE

secondary

#D6A9A1

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9CE

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

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