#4FA9B4#4FA9B4

#4FA9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.087 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9B4
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 180)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -23.57, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 27.32, 210.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.078 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.087 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6473, 33.3310, 48.2531)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9B4 #B45A4F

analogous

#4FB48C #4FA9B4 #4F76B4

triadic

#4FA9B4 #B44FA9 #A9B44F

tetradic

#4FA9B4 #8C4FB4 #B45A4F #76B44F

square

#4FA9B4 #8C4FB4 #B45A4F #76B44F

split-complementary

#4FA9B4 #B44F76 #B48C4F

monochromatic

#295A60 #3B828B #4FA9B4 #7ABEC6 #A5D3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4FA9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#4FA9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9B4

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9B4	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.087 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2ca',
    500: '#4fa9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9b4;
$custom-light: #8ac2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.535,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68429,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9B4

secondary

#C69E99

accent

#6558D0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9B4

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

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