#4FBCBE#4FBCBE

#4FBCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.099 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBCBE
RGB	rgb(79, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -30.18, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 31.91, 198.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0945 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.099 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4980, 41.3433, 55.0780)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBCBE #BE514F

analogous

#4FBE88 #4FBCBE #4F84BE

triadic

#4FBCBE #BE4FBC #BCBE4F

tetradic

#4FBCBE #884FBE #BE514F #84BE4F

square

#4FBCBE #884FBE #BE514F #84BE4F

split-complementary

#4FBCBE #BE4F84 #BE884F

monochromatic

#286A6B #389698 #4FBCBE #7CCDCF #A8DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4FBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#4FBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBCBE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBCBE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.099 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0d1',
    500: '#4fbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbcbe;
$custom-light: #8cd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.081,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7336,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBCBE

secondary

#CC9D9C

accent

#5452D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBCBE

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

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