#4FB8AC#4FB8AC

#4FB8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8AC
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -33.12, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 33.26, 185.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0981 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.098 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8081, 38.9190, 45.0684)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8AC #B84F5B

analogous

#4FB878 #4FB8AC #4F90B8

triadic

#4FB8AC #AC4FB8 #B8AC4F

tetradic

#4FB8AC #784FB8 #B84F5B #90B84F

square

#4FB8AC #784FB8 #B84F5B #90B84F

split-complementary

#4FB8AC #B84F90 #B8784F

monochromatic

#28645D #3A9086 #4FB8AC #7BCAC1 #A6DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4FB8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4FB8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8AC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8AC	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)

#B0AFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec4',
    500: '#4fb8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8ac;
$custom-light: #8acec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 42.51,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71792,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8AC

secondary

#C89AA0

accent

#5664D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8AC

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

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