#4FA9AA#4FA9AA

#4FA9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.086 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9AA
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -26.38, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 27.78, 198.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0823 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.086 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6651, 32.9381, 43.0803)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9AA #AA504F

analogous

#4FAA7E #4FA9AA #4F7CAA

triadic

#4FA9AA #AA4FA9 #A9AA4F

tetradic

#4FA9AA #7E4FAA #AA504F #7CAA4F

square

#4FA9AA #7E4FAA #AA504F #7CAA4F

split-complementary

#4FA9AA #AA4F7C #AA7E4F

monochromatic

#285656 #3C7F80 #4FA9AA #77BFC0 #A0D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4FA9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#4FA9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9AA

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9AA	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)

#9FA2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.086 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3c3',
    500: '#4fa9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9aa;
$custom-light: #89c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.659,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68069,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9AA

secondary

#C09595

accent

#5C5BCD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9AA

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

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