#4FB8AE#4FB8AE

#4FB8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.098 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8AE
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -32.60, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 32.85, 187.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0972 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.098 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0016, 38.9965, 46.0876)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8AE #B84F59

analogous

#4FB87A #4FB8AE #4F8EB8

triadic

#4FB8AE #AE4FB8 #B8AE4F

tetradic

#4FB8AE #7A4FB8 #B84F59 #8EB84F

square

#4FB8AE #7A4FB8 #B84F59 #8EB84F

split-complementary

#4FB8AE #B84F8E #B87A4F

monochromatic

#28645E #3A9088 #4FB8AE #7BCAC2 #A6DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4FB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4FB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8AE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8AE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.098 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcec6',
    500: '#4fb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8ae;
$custom-light: #8bcec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 42.51,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71856,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8AE

secondary

#C89A9F

accent

#5661D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →