#4FB8A5#4FB8A5

#4FB8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8A5
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -34.93, 0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 34.93, 179.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1012 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.101 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1534, 38.6572, 41.6206)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8A5 #B84F62

analogous

#4FB871 #4FB8A5 #4F97B8

triadic

#4FB8A5 #A54FB8 #B8A54F

tetradic

#4FB8A5 #714FB8 #B84F62 #97B84F

square

#4FB8A5 #714FB8 #B84F62 #97B84F

split-complementary

#4FB8A5 #B84F97 #B8714F

monochromatic

#286459 #3A9080 #4FB8A5 #7BCABB #A6DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4FB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4FB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8A5

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8A5	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acebf',
    500: '#4fb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8a5;
$custom-light: #8acebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 42.51,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8A5

secondary

#C89AA3

accent

#566CD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8A5

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

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