#4FB8BF#4FB8BF

#4FB8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8BF
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -27.94, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 30.67, 204.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0898 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.096 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7649, 39.7018, 55.3747)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8BF #BF564F

analogous

#4FBF8E #4FB8BF #4F80BF

triadic

#4FB8BF #BF4FB8 #B8BF4F

tetradic

#4FB8BF #8E4FBF #BF564F #80BF4F

square

#4FB8BF #8E4FBF #BF564F #80BF4F

split-complementary

#4FB8BF #BF4F80 #BF8E4F

monochromatic

#27686C #389399 #4FB8BF #7CCACF #A9DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4FB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4FB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8BF

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8BF	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.096 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdd2',
    500: '#4fb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8bf;
$custom-light: #8ccdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72435,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8BF

secondary

#CDA09D

accent

#5A51D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8BF

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

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