#4FA8A5#4FA8A5

#4FA8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.085 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8A5
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -27.25, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 28.04, 193.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0833 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.085 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0158, 32.3819, 40.5747)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8A5 #A84F52

analogous

#4FA878 #4FA8A5 #4F7EA8

triadic

#4FA8A5 #A54FA8 #A8A54F

tetradic

#4FA8A5 #784FA8 #A84F52 #7EA84F

square

#4FA8A5 #784FA8 #A84F52 #7EA84F

split-complementary

#4FA8A5 #A84F7E #A8784F

monochromatic

#285553 #3B7E7C #4FA8A5 #76BEBC #9FD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4FA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#4FA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8A5

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8A5	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.085 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2bf',
    500: '#4fa8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8a5;
$custom-light: #88c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.978,
    "s": 36.032,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67653,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8A5

secondary

#BF9495

accent

#5C60CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8A5

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

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