#4FA9AC#4FA9AC

#4FA9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.086 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9AC
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -25.83, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 27.60, 200.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0814 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.086 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8557, 33.0144, 44.0843)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9AC #AC524F

analogous

#4FAC81 #4FA9AC #4F7BAC

triadic

#4FA9AC #AC4FA9 #A9AC4F

tetradic

#4FA9AC #814FAC #AC524F #7BAC4F

square

#4FA9AC #814FAC #AC524F #7BAC4F

split-complementary

#4FA9AC #AC4F7B #AC814F

monochromatic

#285758 #3C8082 #4FA9AC #77BEC1 #A1D2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4FA9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#4FA9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9AC

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9AC	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.086 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3c4',
    500: '#4fa9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9ac;
$custom-light: #89c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68139,
    "c": 0.08574,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9AC

secondary

#C19796

accent

#5E5BCD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9AC

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

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