#4FBC9F#4FBC9F

#4FBC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBC9F
RGB	rgb(79, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(164, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -38.25, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 38.62, 172.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1084 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.109 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4627, 40.1292, 39.0926)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBC9F #BC4F6C

analogous

#4FBC69 #4FBC9F #4FA2BC

triadic

#4FBC9F #9F4FBC #BC9F4F

tetradic

#4FBC9F #694FBC #BC4F6C #A2BC4F

square

#4FBC9F #694FBC #BC4F6C #A2BC4F

split-complementary

#4FBC9F #BC4FA2 #BC694F

monochromatic

#286957 #39957C #4FBC9F #7BCDB7 #A8DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4FBC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4FBC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBC9F

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBC9F	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1bb',
    500: '#4fbc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbc9f;
$custom-light: #8ad1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.037,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBC9F

secondary

#CB9CA8

accent

#5376D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBC9F

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

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