#4DBCBE#4DBCBE

#4DBCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.100 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DBCBE
RGB	rgb(77, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -30.54, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 32.28, 198.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0956 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.1 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3340, 41.2588, 55.0703)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DBCBE #BE4F4D

analogous

#4DBE88 #4DBCBE #4D84BE

triadic

#4DBCBE #BE4DBC #BCBE4D

tetradic

#4DBCBE #884DBE #BE4F4D #84BE4D

square

#4DBCBE #884DBE #BE4F4D #84BE4D

split-complementary

#4DBCBE #BE4D84 #BE884D

monochromatic

#27696A #379597 #4DBCBE #7ACDCE #A7DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4DBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#4DBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DBCBE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DBCBE	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.100 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0d1',
    500: '#4dbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dbcbe;
$custom-light: #8bd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.062,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73296,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DBCBE

secondary

#CC9C9B

accent

#5452D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DBCBE

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

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