#4FB9AF#4FB9AF

#4FB9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.099 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9AF
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -32.81, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 33.06, 187.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0978 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.099 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3079, 39.4525, 46.6724)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9AF #B94F59

analogous

#4FB97A #4FB9AF #4F8EB9

triadic

#4FB9AF #AF4FB9 #B9AF4F

tetradic

#4FB9AF #7A4FB9 #B94F59 #8EB94F

square

#4FB9AF #7A4FB9 #B94F59 #8EB94F

split-complementary

#4FB9AF #B94F8E #B97A4F

monochromatic

#286560 #3A9189 #4FB9AF #7BCAC3 #A7DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4FB9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4FB9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9AF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9AF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.099 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcec6',
    500: '#4fb9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9af;
$custom-light: #8bcec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.34,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72132,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9AF

secondary

#C99B9F

accent

#5561D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9AF

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

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