#4DBAB9#4DBAB9

#4DBAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DBAB9
RGB	rgb(77, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -30.96, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 32.19, 195.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0957 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.099 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3726, 40.1954, 52.1001)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DBAB9 #BA4D4E

analogous

#4DBA83 #4DBAB9 #4D85BA

triadic

#4DBAB9 #B94DBA #BAB94D

tetradic

#4DBAB9 #834DBA #BA4D4E #85BA4D

square

#4DBAB9 #834DBA #BA4D4E #85BA4D

split-complementary

#4DBAB9 #BA4D85 #BA834D

monochromatic

#276565 #389191 #4DBAB9 #79CBCA #A5DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4DBAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4DBAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DBAB9

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DBAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DBAB9	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dbab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfce',
    500: '#4dbab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dbab9;
$custom-light: #8bcfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dbab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.45,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72641,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DBAB9

secondary

#C9999A

accent

#5455D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DBAB9

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

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