#4FB9CE#4FB9CE

#4FB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB9CE
RGB	rgb(79, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -24.10, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 31.12, 219.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0847 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.101 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7094, 40.8131, 64.5872)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB9CE #CE644F

analogous

#4FCEA3 #4FB9CE #4F79CE

triadic

#4FB9CE #CE4FB9 #B9CE4F

tetradic

#4FB9CE #A34FCE #CE644F #79CE4F

square

#4FB9CE #A34FCE #CE644F #79CE4F

split-complementary

#4FB9CE #CE4F79 #CEA34F

monochromatic

#23707F #319AAF #4FB9CE #7FCCDB #AFDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4FB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#4FB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB9CE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB9CE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcedd',
    500: '#4fb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb9ce;
$custom-light: #8dcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.921,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB9CE

secondary

#D7ABA2

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB9CE

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

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