#4FA8AA#4FA8AA

#4FA8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.085 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8AA
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -25.88, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 27.45, 199.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0811 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.085 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4798, 32.5675, 43.0185)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8AA #AA514F

analogous

#4FAA7F #4FA8AA #4F7BAA

triadic

#4FA8AA #AA4FA8 #A8AA4F

tetradic

#4FA8AA #7F4FAA #AA514F #7BAA4F

square

#4FA8AA #7F4FAA #AA514F #7BAA4F

split-complementary

#4FA8AA #AA4F7B #AA7F4F

monochromatic

#285556 #3C7F80 #4FA8AA #77BEC0 #A0D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4FA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#4FA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8AA

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8AA	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	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)

#9EA1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.085 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2c3',
    500: '#4fa8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8aa;
$custom-light: #89c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.319,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67826,
    "c": 0.08501,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8AA

secondary

#C09695

accent

#5E5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8AA

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

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