#4FA09E#4FA09E

#4FA09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.079 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA09E
RGB	rgb(79, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -25.15, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 25.99, 194.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0772 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.079 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9643, 29.2705, 36.8334)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA09E #A04F51

analogous

#4FA076 #4FA09E #4F79A0

triadic

#4FA09E #9E4FA0 #A09E4F

tetradic

#4FA09E #764FA0 #A04F51 #79A04F

square

#4FA09E #764FA0 #A04F51 #79A04F

split-complementary

#4FA09E #A04F79 #A0764F

monochromatic

#274E4D #3B7776 #4FA09E #73BAB8 #9CCECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4FA09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4FA09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA09E

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA09E	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.079 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcba',
    500: '#4fa09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa09e;
$custom-light: #87bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.519,
    "s": 33.891,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65455,
    "c": 0.07933,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA09E

secondary

#BB9091

accent

#5E60CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA09E

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

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