#4F9599#4F9599

#4F9599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.071 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F9599
RGB	rgb(79, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(183, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -20.88, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 22.72, 203.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0664 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.071 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7194, 25.4554, 34.0050)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F9599 #99534F

analogous

#4F9978 #4F9599 #4F7099

triadic

#4F9599 #994F95 #95994F

tetradic

#4F9599 #784F99 #99534F #70994F

square

#4F9599 #784F99 #99534F #70994F

split-complementary

#4F9599 #994F70 #99784F

monochromatic

#254648 #3A6E71 #4F9599 #70B1B5 #98C7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4F9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#4F9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F9599

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F9599	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.071 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4b7',
    500: '#4f9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f9599;
$custom-light: #86b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 31.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62585,
    "c": 0.07083,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F9599

secondary

#B78F8D

accent

#6560C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F9599

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

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