#4FBB9E#4FBB9E

#4FBB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBB9E
RGB	rgb(79, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -38.04, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 38.43, 171.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1077 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.109 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1634, 39.6689, 38.5665)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBB9E #BB4F6C

analogous

#4FBB68 #4FBB9E #4FA2BB

triadic

#4FBB9E #9E4FBB #BB9E4F

tetradic

#4FBB9E #684FBB #BB4F6C #A2BB4F

square

#4FBB9E #684FBB #BB4F6C #A2BB4F

split-complementary

#4FBB9E #BB4FA2 #BB684F

monochromatic

#286857 #39947B #4FBB9E #7BCCB6 #A7DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4FBB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#4FBB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBB9E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBB9E	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0ba',
    500: '#4fbb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbb9e;
$custom-light: #8ad0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.889,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72109,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBB9E

secondary

#CA9BA8

accent

#5476D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBB9E

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

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