#4FBCA8#4FBCA8

#4FBCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBCA8
RGB	rgb(79, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -36.02, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 36.03, 178.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1042 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.104 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2723, 40.4530, 43.3565)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBCA8 #BC4F63

analogous

#4FBC72 #4FBCA8 #4F99BC

triadic

#4FBCA8 #A84FBC #BCA84F

tetradic

#4FBCA8 #724FBC #BC4F63 #99BC4F

square

#4FBCA8 #724FBC #BC4F63 #99BC4F

split-complementary

#4FBCA8 #BC4F99 #BC724F

monochromatic

#28695D #399584 #4FBCA8 #7BCDBE #A8DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4FBCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#4FBCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBCA8

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBCA8	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0c1',
    500: '#4fbca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbca8;
$custom-light: #8bd0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.991,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72647,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBCA8

secondary

#CB9CA4

accent

#536BD5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBCA8

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

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