#4FB8BB#4FB8BB

#4FB8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.096 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8BB
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -29.07, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 30.95, 200.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0915 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.096 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3308, 39.5281, 53.0880)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8BB #BB524F

analogous

#4FBB88 #4FB8BB #4F82BB

triadic

#4FB8BB #BB4FB8 #B8BB4F

tetradic

#4FB8BB #884FBB #BB524F #82BB4F

square

#4FB8BB #884FBB #BB524F #82BB4F

split-complementary

#4FB8BB #BB4F82 #BB884F

monochromatic

#286668 #399194 #4FB8BB #7BCACC #A7DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4FB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4FB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8BB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8BB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.096 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdcf',
    500: '#4fb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8bb;
$custom-light: #8bcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72293,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8BB

secondary

#CA9D9B

accent

#5754D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8BB

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

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