#4FA8A6#4FA8A6

#4FA8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.085 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8A6
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -26.98, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 27.90, 194.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0829 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.085 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1071, 32.4184, 41.0560)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8A6 #A84F51

analogous

#4FA879 #4FA8A6 #4F7DA8

triadic

#4FA8A6 #A64FA8 #A8A64F

tetradic

#4FA8A6 #794FA8 #A84F51 #7DA84F

square

#4FA8A6 #794FA8 #A84F51 #7DA84F

split-complementary

#4FA8A6 #A84F7D #A8794F

monochromatic

#285554 #3B7E7D #4FA8A6 #76BEBD #9FD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4FA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#4FA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8A6

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8A6	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)

#9FA1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.085 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2c0',
    500: '#4fa8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8a6;
$custom-light: #88c2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.652,
    "s": 36.032,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67687,
    "c": 0.08519,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8A6

secondary

#BF9495

accent

#5C5ECC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8A6

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

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