#4FA09F#4FA09F

#4FA09F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.079 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA09F
RGB	rgb(79, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -24.88, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 25.87, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0768 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.079 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0507, 29.3051, 37.2886)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA09F #A04F50

analogous

#4FA077 #4FA09F #4F79A0

triadic

#4FA09F #9F4FA0 #A09F4F

tetradic

#4FA09F #774FA0 #A04F50 #79A04F

square

#4FA09F #774FA0 #A04F50 #79A04F

split-complementary

#4FA09F #A04F79 #A0774F

monochromatic

#274E4E #3B7776 #4FA09F #73BAB9 #9CCECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4FA09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4FA09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA09F

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA09F	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.079 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcbb',
    500: '#4fa09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa09f;
$custom-light: #87bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.259,
    "s": 33.891,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6549,
    "c": 0.07923,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA09F

secondary

#BB9091

accent

#5E5FCA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA09F

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

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