#4FB8BC#4FB8BC

#4FB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.096 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8BC
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -28.79, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 30.87, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0911 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.096 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4382, 39.5711, 53.6538)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8BC #BC534F

analogous

#4FBC8A #4FB8BC #4F81BC

triadic

#4FB8BC #BC4FB8 #B8BC4F

tetradic

#4FB8BC #8A4FBC #BC534F #81BC4F

square

#4FB8BC #8A4FBC #BC534F #81BC4F

split-complementary

#4FB8BC #BC4F81 #BC8A4F

monochromatic

#286669 #399295 #4FB8BC #7BCACD #A8DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4FB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4FB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8BC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8BC	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)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.096 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdd0',
    500: '#4fb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8bc;
$custom-light: #8ccdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.202,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72328,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8BC

secondary

#CB9D9C

accent

#5853D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8BC

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

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