#4FB9CA#4FB9CA

#4FB9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.099 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9CA
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -25.28, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 30.86, 215.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0863 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.099 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2297, 40.6212, 62.0605)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9CA #CA604F

analogous

#4FCA9E #4FB9CA #4F7BCA

triadic

#4FB9CA #CA4FB9 #B9CA4F

tetradic

#4FB9CA #9E4FCA #CA604F #7BCA4F

square

#4FB9CA #9E4FCA #CA604F #7BCA4F

split-complementary

#4FB9CA #CA4F7B #CA9E4F

monochromatic

#256E7A #3399A9 #4FB9CA #7ECCD8 #ADDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4FB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4FB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9CA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9CA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.099 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceda',
    500: '#4fb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9ca;
$custom-light: #8dceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.293,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7308,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9CA

secondary

#D4A8A1

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9CA

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

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