#4FA5AC#4FA5AC

#4FA5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.083 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA5AC
RGB	rgb(79, 165, 172)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -23.81, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 26.46, 205.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0769 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.083 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1229, 31.5488, 43.8400)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA5AC #AC564F

analogous

#4FAC85 #4FA5AC #4F77AC

triadic

#4FA5AC #AC4FA5 #A5AC4F

tetradic

#4FA5AC #854FAC #AC564F #77AC4F

square

#4FA5AC #854FAC #AC564F #77AC4F

split-complementary

#4FA5AC #AC4F77 #AC854F

monochromatic

#285558 #3C7D82 #4FA5AC #77BBC1 #A1D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4FA5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#4FA5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA5AC

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA5AC	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 165, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.083 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0c4',
    500: '#4fa5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa5ac;
$custom-light: #89c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.516,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67169,
    "c": 0.08323,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA5AC

secondary

#C19996

accent

#635BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA5AC

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

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