#4FB8C8#4FB8C8

#4FB8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.098 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8C8
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -25.36, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 30.62, 214.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0861 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.098 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7860, 40.1102, 60.7520)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8C8 #C85F4F

analogous

#4FC89C #4FB8C8 #4F7CC8

triadic

#4FB8C8 #C84FB8 #B8C84F

tetradic

#4FB8C8 #9C4FC8 #C85F4F #7CC84F

square

#4FB8C8 #9C4FC8 #C85F4F #7CC84F

split-complementary

#4FB8C8 #C84F7C #C89C4F

monochromatic

#256C77 #3497A6 #4FB8C8 #7ECBD7 #ACDEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4FB8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4FB8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8C8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8C8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.098 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdd8',
    500: '#4fb8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8c8;
$custom-light: #8dcdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.934,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72766,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8C8

secondary

#D3A7A0

accent

#5F4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8C8

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

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