#4FA9AF#4FA9AF

#4FA9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.086 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9AF
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -24.99, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 27.41, 204.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0801 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.086 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1471, 33.1309, 45.6188)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9AF #AF554F

analogous

#4FAF85 #4FA9AF #4F79AF

triadic

#4FA9AF #AF4FA9 #A9AF4F

tetradic

#4FA9AF #854FAF #AF554F #79AF4F

square

#4FA9AF #854FAF #AF554F #79AF4F

split-complementary

#4FA9AF #AF4F79 #AF854F

monochromatic

#29585B #3C8085 #4FA9AF #79BEC2 #A3D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4FA9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#4FA9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9AF

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9AF	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.086 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3c6',
    500: '#4fa9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9af;
$custom-light: #89c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68246,
    "c": 0.08595,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9AF

secondary

#C39A97

accent

#615ACE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9AF

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

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