#4FAC9C#4FAC9C

#4FAC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.092 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FAC9C
RGB	rgb(79, 172, 156)
HSL	hsl(170, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 9.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -31.56, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 31.56, 180.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0919 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.092 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9751, 33.5654, 36.6614)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FAC9C #AC4F5F

analogous

#4FAC6D #4FAC9C #4F8EAC

triadic

#4FAC9C #9C4FAC #AC9C4F

tetradic

#4FAC9C #6D4FAC #AC4F5F #8EAC4F

square

#4FAC9C #6D4FAC #AC4F5F #8EAC4F

split-complementary

#4FAC9C #AC4F8E #AC6D4F

monochromatic

#285850 #3C8276 #4FAC9C #77C1B4 #A1D4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4FAC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#4FAC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FAC9C

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FAC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FAC9C	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97989D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fac9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 172, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.092 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5b9',
    500: '#4fac9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fac9c;
$custom-light: #88c5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fac9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.677,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68343,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FAC9C

secondary

#C1969D

accent

#5B6ECD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FAC9C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →