#4FB8CB#4FB8CB

#4FB8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.099 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB8CB
RGB	rgb(79, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -24.48, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 30.78, 217.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0849 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.099 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1400, 40.2518, 62.6166)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB8CB #CB624F

analogous

#4FCBA0 #4FB8CB #4F7ACB

triadic

#4FB8CB #CB4FB8 #B8CB4F

tetradic

#4FB8CB #A04FCB #CB624F #7ACB4F

square

#4FB8CB #A04FCB #CB624F #7ACB4F

split-complementary

#4FB8CB #CB4F7A #CBA04F

monochromatic

#246E7B #3298AA #4FB8CB #7ECBD9 #ADDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4FB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4FB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB8CB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB8CB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.099 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdda',
    500: '#4fb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb8cb;
$custom-light: #8dcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.194,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72881,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB8CB

secondary

#D5A9A1

accent

#614ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB8CB

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

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