#4FBC9E#4FBC9E

#4FBC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBC9E
RGB	rgb(79, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -38.49, 5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 38.94, 171.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1088 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.11 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3763, 40.0946, 38.6374)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBC9E #BC4F6D

analogous

#4FBC67 #4FBC9E #4FA4BC

triadic

#4FBC9E #9E4FBC #BC9E4F

tetradic

#4FBC9E #674FBC #BC4F6D #A4BC4F

square

#4FBC9E #674FBC #BC4F6D #A4BC4F

split-complementary

#4FBC9E #BC4FA4 #BC674F

monochromatic

#286957 #39957C #4FBC9E #7BCDB6 #A8DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4FBC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4FBC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBC9E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBC9E	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1ba',
    500: '#4fbc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbc9e;
$custom-light: #8ad1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.486,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBC9E

secondary

#CB9CA9

accent

#5377D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBC9E

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

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