#4FB9BF#4FB9BF

#4FB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.097 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9BF
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -28.44, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 30.94, 203.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0909 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.097 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9734, 40.1187, 55.4442)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9BF #BF554F

analogous

#4FBF8D #4FB9BF #4F81BF

triadic

#4FB9BF #BF4FB9 #B9BF4F

tetradic

#4FB9BF #8D4FBF #BF554F #81BF4F

square

#4FB9BF #8D4FBF #BF554F #81BF4F

split-complementary

#4FB9BF #BF4F81 #BF8D4F

monochromatic

#27696C #389499 #4FB9BF #7CCBCF #A9DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4FB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4FB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9BF

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9BF	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)

#ADB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.097 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cced2',
    500: '#4fb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9bf;
$custom-light: #8cced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72675,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9BF

secondary

#CD9F9D

accent

#5951D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9BF

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

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