#4FAF9C#4FAF9C

#4FAF9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.095 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FAF9C
RGB	rgb(79, 175, 156)
HSL	hsl(168, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -32.99, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 33.01, 177.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0953 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.095 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5525, 34.7202, 36.8538)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FAF9C #AF4F62

analogous

#4FAF6C #4FAF9C #4F92AF

triadic

#4FAF9C #9C4FAF #AF9C4F

tetradic

#4FAF9C #6C4FAF #AF4F62 #92AF4F

square

#4FAF9C #6C4FAF #AF4F62 #92AF4F

split-complementary

#4FAF9C #AF4F92 #AF6C4F

monochromatic

#295B51 #3C8576 #4FAF9C #79C2B4 #A3D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#4FAF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#4FAF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FAF9C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FAF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FAF9C	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4faf9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 175, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.095 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7b9',
    500: '#4faf9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4faf9c;
$custom-light: #89c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4faf9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.125,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69084,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FAF9C

secondary

#C397A0

accent

#5A71CE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FAF9C

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

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