#4FA9B6#4FA9B6

#4FA9B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.087 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FA9B6
RGB	rgb(79, 169, 182)
HSL	hsl(188, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -23.00, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 27.36, 212.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0772 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.087 208)
XYZ	xyz(25.8525, 33.4131, 49.3339)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FA9B6 #B65C4F

analogous

#4FB68F #4FA9B6 #4F75B6

triadic

#4FA9B6 #B64FA9 #A9B64F

tetradic

#4FA9B6 #8F4FB6 #B65C4F #75B64F

square

#4FA9B6 #8F4FB6 #B65C4F #75B64F

split-complementary

#4FA9B6 #B64F75 #B68F4F

monochromatic

#295B62 #3B838D #4FA9B6 #7ABEC8 #A6D3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#4FA9B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#4FA9B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FA9B6

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FA9B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FA9B6	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C97B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fa9b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 169, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.087 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2cb',
    500: '#4fa9b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fa9b6;
$custom-light: #8ac2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fa9b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.573,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68504,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.33416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FA9B6

secondary

#C79F9A

accent

#6657D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FA9B6

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

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