#4FB8A8#4FB8A8

#4FB8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8A8
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -34.16, -0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 34.18, 181.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0999 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.1 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4297, 38.7677, 43.0756)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8A8 #B84F5F

analogous

#4FB874 #4FB8A8 #4F94B8

triadic

#4FB8A8 #A84FB8 #B8A84F

tetradic

#4FB8A8 #744FB8 #B84F5F #94B84F

square

#4FB8A8 #744FB8 #B84F5F #94B84F

split-complementary

#4FB8A8 #B84F94 #B8744F

monochromatic

#28645B #3A9083 #4FB8A8 #7BCABE #A6DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4FB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4FB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8A8

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8A8	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec1',
    500: '#4fb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8a8;
$custom-light: #8acec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.857,
    "s": 42.51,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8A8

secondary

#C89AA1

accent

#5669D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8A8

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

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