#4FB5BE#4FB5BE

#4FB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.095 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB5BE
RGB	rgb(79, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -26.75, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 29.95, 206.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.087 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.095 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0387, 38.4248, 54.5916)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB5BE #BE584F

analogous

#4FBE90 #4FB5BE #4F7DBE

triadic

#4FB5BE #BE4FB5 #B5BE4F

tetradic

#4FB5BE #904FBE #BE584F #7DBE4F

square

#4FB5BE #904FBE #BE584F #7DBE4F

split-complementary

#4FB5BE #BE4F7D #BE904F

monochromatic

#28666B #389098 #4FB5BE #7CC8CF #A8DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4FB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4FB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB5BE

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB5BE	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.095 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd1',
    500: '#4fb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb5be;
$custom-light: #8bcbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7168,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB5BE

secondary

#CCA09C

accent

#5D52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB5BE

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

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