#4FBC9C#4FBC9C

#4FBC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBC9C
RGB	rgb(79, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -38.97, 6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 39.58, 169.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1097 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.111 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2056, 40.0263, 37.7382)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBC9C #BC4F6F

analogous

#4FBC65 #4FBC9C #4FA6BC

triadic

#4FBC9C #9C4FBC #BC9C4F

tetradic

#4FBC9C #654FBC #BC4F6F #A6BC4F

square

#4FBC9C #654FBC #BC4F6F #A6BC4F

split-complementary

#4FBC9C #BC4FA6 #BC654F

monochromatic

#286956 #39957A #4FBC9C #7BCDB5 #A8DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4FBC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#4FBC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBC9C

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBC9C	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1b9',
    500: '#4fbc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbc9c;
$custom-light: #8ad1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.385,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBC9C

secondary

#CB9CAA

accent

#5379D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBC9C

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

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