#4FB9CD#4FB9CD

#4FB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9CD
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -24.40, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 31.04, 218.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0851 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.1 212)
XYZ	xyz(31.5883, 40.7647, 63.9494)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9CD #CD634F

analogous

#4FCDA2 #4FB9CD #4F7ACD

triadic

#4FB9CD #CD4FB9 #B9CD4F

tetradic

#4FB9CD #A24FCD #CD634F #7ACD4F

square

#4FB9CD #A24FCD #CD634F #7ACD4F

split-complementary

#4FB9CD #CD4F7A #CDA24F

monochromatic

#24707E #319AAE #4FB9CD #7FCCDB #AEDFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4FB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4FB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9CD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9CD	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcedc',
    500: '#4fb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9cd;
$custom-light: #8dcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73194,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.40768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9CD

secondary

#D6AAA2

accent

#6149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9CD

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

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