#4FD8E6#4FD8E6

#4FD8E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.118 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FD8E6
RGB	rgb(79, 216, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -32.30, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 36.86, 208.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.1067 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.118 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0571, 56.4825, 83.5333)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FD8E6 #E65D4F

analogous

#4FE6A8 #4FD8E6 #4F8CE6

triadic

#4FD8E6 #E64FD8 #D8E64F

tetradic

#4FD8E6 #A84FE6 #E65D4F #8CE64F

square

#4FD8E6 #A84FE6 #E65D4F #8CE64F

split-complementary

#4FD8E6 #E64F8C #E6A84F

monochromatic

#1796A3 #1FC8D9 #4FD8E6 #85E4EE #BAF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4FD8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#4FD8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FD8E6

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FD8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FD8E6	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fd8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 216, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.118 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4ed',
    500: '#4fd8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fd8e6;
$custom-light: #92e4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fd8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.563,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81423,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FD8E6

secondary

#A63E33

accent

#210ED7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FD8E6

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