#4F979F#4F979F

#4F979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.073 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F979F
RGB	rgb(79, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -20.26, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 23.13, 208.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0662 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.073 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5466, 26.2969, 36.7872)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F979F #9F574F

analogous

#4F9F7F #4F979F #4F6F9F

triadic

#4F979F #9F4F97 #979F4F

tetradic

#4F979F #7F4F9F #9F574F #6F9F4F

square

#4F979F #7F4F9F #9F574F #6F9F4F

split-complementary

#4F979F #9F4F6F #9F7F4F

monochromatic

#26494D #3B7076 #4F979F #72B2B9 #9BC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4F979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#4F979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F979F

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F979F	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.073 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5bb',
    500: '#4f979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f979f;
$custom-light: #87b5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 33.613,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63292,
    "c": 0.07301,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F979F

secondary

#BA9490

accent

#695ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F979F

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

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