#4FB4BC#4FB4BC

#4FB4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.094 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB4BC
RGB	rgb(79, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -26.82, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 29.77, 205.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0867 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.094 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6190, 37.9328, 53.3807)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB4BC #BC574F

analogous

#4FBC8E #4FB4BC #4F7DBC

triadic

#4FB4BC #BC4FB4 #B4BC4F

tetradic

#4FB4BC #8E4FBC #BC574F #7DBC4F

square

#4FB4BC #8E4FBC #BC574F #7DBC4F

split-complementary

#4FB4BC #BC4F7D #BC8E4F

monochromatic

#286469 #398E95 #4FB4BC #7BC7CD #A8DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4FB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#4FB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB4BC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB4BC	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.094 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcad0',
    500: '#4fb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb4bc;
$custom-light: #8bcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.404,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71367,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB4BC

secondary

#CB9F9C

accent

#5D53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB4BC

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

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