#4FB9BE#4FB9BE

#4FB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.097 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9BE
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -28.72, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 31.01, 202.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0913 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.097 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8637, 40.0749, 54.8666)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9BE #BE544F

analogous

#4FBE8C #4FB9BE #4F81BE

triadic

#4FB9BE #BE4FB9 #B9BE4F

tetradic

#4FB9BE #8C4FBE #BE544F #81BE4F

square

#4FB9BE #8C4FBE #BE544F #81BE4F

split-complementary

#4FB9BE #BE4F81 #BE8C4F

monochromatic

#28686B #389398 #4FB9BE #7CCBCF #A8DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4FB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4FB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9BE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9BE	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)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.097 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cced1',
    500: '#4fb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9be;
$custom-light: #8cced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.703,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9BE

secondary

#CC9F9C

accent

#5852D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9BE

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

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