#4FA9AD#4FA9AD

#4FA9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.086 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9AD
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 173)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -25.55, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 27.53, 201.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.081 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.086 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9521, 33.0530, 44.5920)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9AD #AD534F

analogous

#4FAD82 #4FA9AD #4F7AAD

triadic

#4FA9AD #AD4FA9 #A9AD4F

tetradic

#4FA9AD #824FAD #AD534F #7AAD4F

square

#4FA9AD #824FAD #AD534F #7AAD4F

split-complementary

#4FA9AD #AD4F7A #AD824F

monochromatic

#295759 #3C8083 #4FA9AD #78BEC1 #A2D2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4FA9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#4FA9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9AD

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9AD	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.086 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3c5',
    500: '#4fa9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9ad;
$custom-light: #89c3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68175,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9AD

secondary

#C29896

accent

#5F5BCD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9AD

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

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