#4FB4AC#4FB4AC

#4FB4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4AC
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -31.22, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 31.59, 188.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0937 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.095 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9889, 37.2807, 44.7953)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4AC #B44F57

analogous

#4FB479 #4FB4AC #4F89B4

triadic

#4FB4AC #AC4FB4 #B4AC4F

tetradic

#4FB4AC #794FB4 #B44F57 #89B44F

square

#4FB4AC #794FB4 #B44F57 #89B44F

split-complementary

#4FB4AC #B44F89 #B4794F

monochromatic

#29605B #3B8B84 #4FB4AC #7AC6C0 #A5D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4FB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#4FB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4AC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4AC	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbc4',
    500: '#4fb4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4ac;
$custom-light: #8acbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.248,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70816,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4AC

secondary

#C6999D

accent

#5861D0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4AC

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

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