#4FB5BF#4FB5BF

#4FB5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.095 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB5BF
RGB	rgb(79, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -26.46, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 29.93, 207.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0866 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.095 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1484, 38.4687, 55.1692)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB5BF #BF594F

analogous

#4FBF91 #4FB5BF #4F7DBF

triadic

#4FB5BF #BF4FB5 #B5BF4F

tetradic

#4FB5BF #914FBF #BF594F #7DBF4F

square

#4FB5BF #914FBF #BF594F #7DBF4F

split-complementary

#4FB5BF #BF4F7D #BF914F

monochromatic

#27666C #389099 #4FB5BF #7CC8CF #A9DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4FB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4FB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB5BF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB5BF	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)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.095 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbd2',
    500: '#4fb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb5bf;
$custom-light: #8ccbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71716,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB5BF

secondary

#CDA19D

accent

#5D51D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB5BF

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

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