#4FB9BC#4FB9BC

#4FB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.097 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9BC
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -29.28, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 31.17, 200.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0921 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.097 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6467, 39.9880, 53.7233)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9BC #BC524F

analogous

#4FBC88 #4FB9BC #4F83BC

triadic

#4FB9BC #BC4FB9 #B9BC4F

tetradic

#4FB9BC #884FBC #BC524F #83BC4F

square

#4FB9BC #884FBC #BC524F #83BC4F

split-complementary

#4FB9BC #BC4F83 #BC884F

monochromatic

#286769 #399395 #4FB9BC #7BCBCD #A8DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4FB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4FB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9BC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9BC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.097 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cced0',
    500: '#4fb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9bc;
$custom-light: #8cced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9BC

secondary

#CB9D9C

accent

#5753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9BC

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

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