#4FB8AB#4FB8AB

#4FB8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8AB
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -33.38, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.48, 184.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0985 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.099 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7124, 38.8808, 44.5645)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8AB #B84F5C

analogous

#4FB877 #4FB8AB #4F91B8

triadic

#4FB8AB #AB4FB8 #B8AB4F

tetradic

#4FB8AB #774FB8 #B84F5C #91B84F

square

#4FB8AB #774FB8 #B84F5C #91B84F

split-complementary

#4FB8AB #B84F91 #B8774F

monochromatic

#28645D #3A9085 #4FB8AB #7BCAC0 #A6DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4FB8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4FB8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8AB

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8AB	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec4',
    500: '#4fb8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8ab;
$custom-light: #8acec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.571,
    "s": 42.51,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7176,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8AB

secondary

#C89AA0

accent

#5665D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8AB

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

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