#4FA5AE#4FA5AE

#4FA5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.084 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA5AE
RGB	rgb(79, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -23.25, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 26.42, 208.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.076 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.084 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3165, 31.6262, 44.8592)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA5AE #AE584F

analogous

#4FAE87 #4FA5AE #4F76AE

triadic

#4FA5AE #AE4FA5 #A5AE4F

tetradic

#4FA5AE #874FAE #AE584F #76AE4F

square

#4FA5AE #874FAE #AE584F #76AE4F

split-complementary

#4FA5AE #AE4F76 #AE874F

monochromatic

#29555A #3C7D84 #4FA5AE #78BBC2 #A2D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4FA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#4FA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA5AE

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA5AE	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.084 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0c6',
    500: '#4fa5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa5ae;
$custom-light: #89c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.684,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.08358,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA5AE

secondary

#C29B97

accent

#655ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA5AE

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

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