#4FBCA9#4FBCA9

#4FBCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBCA9
RGB	rgb(79, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -35.77, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 35.77, 179.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1038 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.104 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3659, 40.4905, 43.8490)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBCA9 #BC4F62

analogous

#4FBC72 #4FBCA9 #4F99BC

triadic

#4FBCA9 #A94FBC #BCA94F

tetradic

#4FBCA9 #724FBC #BC4F62 #99BC4F

square

#4FBCA9 #724FBC #BC4F62 #99BC4F

split-complementary

#4FBCA9 #BC4F99 #BC724F

monochromatic

#28695D #399585 #4FBCA9 #7BCDBF #A8DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4FBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4FBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBCA9

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBCA9	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0c2',
    500: '#4fbca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbca9;
$custom-light: #8bd0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.541,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBCA9

secondary

#CB9CA4

accent

#536AD5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBCA9

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

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