#4FA5AF#4FA5AF

#4FA5AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.084 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA5AF
RGB	rgb(79, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -22.96, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 26.42, 209.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0756 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.084 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4143, 31.6654, 45.3745)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA5AF #AF594F

analogous

#4FAF89 #4FA5AF #4F75AF

triadic

#4FA5AF #AF4FA5 #A5AF4F

tetradic

#4FA5AF #894FAF #AF594F #75AF4F

square

#4FA5AF #894FAF #AF594F #75AF4F

split-complementary

#4FA5AF #AF4F75 #AF894F

monochromatic

#29555B #3C7D85 #4FA5AF #79BBC2 #A3D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4FA5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#4FA5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA5AF

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA5AF	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#999FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.084 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0c6',
    500: '#4fa5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa5af;
$custom-light: #89c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6728,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA5AF

secondary

#C39C97

accent

#665ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA5AF

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

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