#4FA9B3#4FA9B3

#4FA9B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.087 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9B3
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 179)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -23.86, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 27.32, 209.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0784 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.087 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5458, 33.2904, 47.7185)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9B3 #B3594F

analogous

#4FB38B #4FA9B3 #4F77B3

triadic

#4FA9B3 #B34FA9 #A9B34F

tetradic

#4FA9B3 #8B4FB3 #B3594F #77B34F

square

#4FA9B3 #8B4FB3 #B3594F #77B34F

split-complementary

#4FA9B3 #B34F77 #B38B4F

monochromatic

#29595F #3B8289 #4FA9B3 #7ABEC5 #A4D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4FA9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#4FA9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9B3

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9B3	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.087 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3c9',
    500: '#4fa9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9b3;
$custom-light: #8ac3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68392,
    "c": 0.08663,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9B3

secondary

#C59D99

accent

#6458D0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9B3

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

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