#4FB4AE#4FB4AE

#4FB4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.094 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4AE
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -30.68, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 31.23, 190.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0928 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.094 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1824, 37.3581, 45.8145)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4AE #B44F55

analogous

#4FB47B #4FB4AE #4F87B4

triadic

#4FB4AE #AE4FB4 #B4AE4F

tetradic

#4FB4AE #7B4FB4 #B44F55 #87B44F

square

#4FB4AE #7B4FB4 #B44F55 #87B44F

split-complementary

#4FB4AE #B44F87 #B47B4F

monochromatic

#29605D #3B8B86 #4FB4AE #7AC6C2 #A5D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4FB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#4FB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4AE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4AE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.094 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbc6',
    500: '#4fb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4ae;
$custom-light: #8acbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.436,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4AE

secondary

#C6999C

accent

#585FD0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4AE

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

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