#4FB9C5#4FB9C5

#4FB9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.098 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9C5
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -26.73, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 30.75, 209.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0884 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.098 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6472, 40.3883, 58.9931)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9C5 #C55B4F

analogous

#4FC596 #4FB9C5 #4F7EC5

triadic

#4FB9C5 #C54FB9 #B9C54F

tetradic

#4FB9C5 #964FC5 #C55B4F #7EC54F

square

#4FB9C5 #964FC5 #C55B4F #7EC54F

split-complementary

#4FB9C5 #C54F7E #C5964F

monochromatic

#266C74 #3597A2 #4FB9C5 #7DCBD4 #ABDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4FB9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#4FB9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9C5

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9C5	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.098 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cced6',
    500: '#4fb9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9c5;
$custom-light: #8cced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72892,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9C5

secondary

#D1A49F

accent

#5C4EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9C5

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

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