#4FA8B4#4FA8B4

#4FA8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.086 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA8B4
RGB	rgb(79, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -23.06, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 27.12, 211.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0769 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.086 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4620, 32.9604, 48.1913)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA8B4 #B45B4F

analogous

#4FB48D #4FA8B4 #4F75B4

triadic

#4FA8B4 #B44FA8 #A8B44F

tetradic

#4FA8B4 #8D4FB4 #B45B4F #75B44F

square

#4FA8B4 #8D4FB4 #B45B4F #75B44F

split-complementary

#4FA8B4 #B44F75 #B48D4F

monochromatic

#295960 #3B818B #4FA8B4 #7ABDC6 #A5D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4FA8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#4FA8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA8B4

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA8B4	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C96B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.086 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2ca',
    500: '#4fa8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa8b4;
$custom-light: #8ac2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.129,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68189,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA8B4

secondary

#C69E99

accent

#6658D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA8B4

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

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