#4FB8BE#4FB8BE

#4FB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.096 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8BE
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -28.23, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 30.73, 203.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0902 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.096 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6553, 39.6579, 54.7971)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8BE #BE554F

analogous

#4FBE8C #4FB8BE #4F81BE

triadic

#4FB8BE #BE4FB8 #B8BE4F

tetradic

#4FB8BE #8C4FBE #BE554F #81BE4F

square

#4FB8BE #8C4FBE #BE554F #81BE4F

split-complementary

#4FB8BE #BE4F81 #BE8C4F

monochromatic

#28676B #389398 #4FB8BE #7CCACF #A8DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4FB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#4FB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8BE

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8BE	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.096 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdd1',
    500: '#4fb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8be;
$custom-light: #8ccdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8BE

secondary

#CC9F9C

accent

#5952D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8BE

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

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