#4FB9AB#4FB9AB

#4FB9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9AB
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -33.86, -2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 33.92, 183.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0996 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.1 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9208, 39.2977, 44.6340)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9AB #B94F5D

analogous

#4FB976 #4FB9AB #4F92B9

triadic

#4FB9AB #AB4FB9 #B9AB4F

tetradic

#4FB9AB #764FB9 #B94F5D #92B94F

square

#4FB9AB #764FB9 #B94F5D #92B94F

split-complementary

#4FB9AB #B94F92 #B9764F

monochromatic

#28655D #3A9186 #4FB9AB #7BCAC0 #A7DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4FB9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4FB9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9AB

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9AB	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcec4',
    500: '#4fb9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9ab;
$custom-light: #8bcec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.075,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72005,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9AB

secondary

#C99BA1

accent

#5566D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9AB

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

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