#4FA8A9#4FA8A9

#4FA8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.085 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8A9
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -26.16, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 27.55, 198.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0816 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.085 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3855, 32.5298, 42.5222)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8A9 #A9504F

analogous

#4FA97D #4FA8A9 #4F7BA9

triadic

#4FA8A9 #A94FA8 #A8A94F

tetradic

#4FA8A9 #7D4FA9 #A9504F #7BA94F

square

#4FA8A9 #7D4FA9 #A9504F #7BA94F

split-complementary

#4FA8A9 #A94F7B #A97D4F

monochromatic

#285556 #3C7F7F #4FA8A9 #76BEBF #A0D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4FA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#4FA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8A9

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8A9	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.085 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2c2',
    500: '#4fa8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8a9;
$custom-light: #89c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.667,
    "s": 36.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67791,
    "c": 0.08501,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8A9

secondary

#C09594

accent

#5D5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8A9

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

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