#4FBB9F#4FBB9F

#4FBB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBB9F
RGB	rgb(79, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -37.80, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 38.12, 172.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1073 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.108 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2499, 39.7034, 39.0216)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBB9F #BB4F6B

analogous

#4FBB69 #4FBB9F #4FA1BB

triadic

#4FBB9F #9F4FBB #BB9F4F

tetradic

#4FBB9F #694FBB #BB4F6B #A1BB4F

square

#4FBB9F #694FBB #BB4F6B #A1BB4F

split-complementary

#4FBB9F #BB4FA1 #BB694F

monochromatic

#286857 #39947C #4FBB9F #7BCCB7 #A7DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4FBB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4FBB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBB9F

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBB9F	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0bb',
    500: '#4fbb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbb9f;
$custom-light: #8ad0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.444,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBB9F

secondary

#CA9BA8

accent

#5475D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBB9F

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

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