#4FB9CB#4FB9CB

#4FB9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.100 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9CB
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -24.99, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 30.91, 216.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0859 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.1 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3485, 40.6687, 62.6861)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9CB #CB614F

analogous

#4FCB9F #4FB9CB #4F7BCB

triadic

#4FB9CB #CB4FB9 #B9CB4F

tetradic

#4FB9CB #9F4FCB #CB614F #7BCB4F

square

#4FB9CB #9F4FCB #CB614F #7BCB4F

split-complementary

#4FB9CB #CB4F7B #CB9F4F

monochromatic

#246F7B #3299AA #4FB9CB #7ECCD9 #ADDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4FB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4FB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9CB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9CB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.100 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceda',
    500: '#4fb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9cb;
$custom-light: #8dceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73118,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9CB

secondary

#D5A9A1

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9CB

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

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