#4FB8A9#4FB8A9

#4FB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8A9
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -33.90, -1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 33.94, 182.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0994 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.1 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5232, 38.8051, 43.5681)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8A9 #B84F5E

analogous

#4FB875 #4FB8A9 #4F93B8

triadic

#4FB8A9 #A94FB8 #B8A94F

tetradic

#4FB8A9 #754FB8 #B84F5E #93B84F

square

#4FB8A9 #754FB8 #B84F5E #93B84F

split-complementary

#4FB8A9 #B84F93 #B8754F

monochromatic

#28645C #3A9084 #4FB8A9 #7BCABE #A6DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4FB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4FB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8A9

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8A9	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec2',
    500: '#4fb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8a9;
$custom-light: #8acec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 42.51,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71698,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8A9

secondary

#C89AA1

accent

#5667D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8A9

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

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