#4FA0AA#4FA0AA

#4FA0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.080 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA0AA
RGB	rgb(79, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -21.82, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 25.28, 210.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.072 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.08 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0480, 29.7040, 42.5413)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA0AA #AA594F

analogous

#4FAA87 #4FA0AA #4F73AA

triadic

#4FA0AA #AA4FA0 #A0AA4F

tetradic

#4FA0AA #874FAA #AA594F #73AA4F

square

#4FA0AA #874FAA #AA594F #73AA4F

split-complementary

#4FA0AA #AA4F73 #AA874F

monochromatic

#285156 #3C7980 #4FA0AA #77B8C0 #A0CDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4FA0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#4FA0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA0AA

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA0AA	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.080 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcc3',
    500: '#4fa0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa0aa;
$custom-light: #88bcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.593,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65885,
    "c": 0.0802,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA0AA

secondary

#C09A95

accent

#685BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA0AA

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

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