#4A8488#4A8488

#4A8488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.061 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8488
RGB	rgb(74, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(184, 30%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 46%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -17.83, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 19.58, 204.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0569 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.061 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5175, 19.7347, 26.2792)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8488 #884E4A

analogous

#4A886D #4A8488 #4A6588

triadic

#4A8488 #884A84 #84884A

tetradic

#4A8488 #6D4A88 #884E4A #65884A

square

#4A8488 #6D4A88 #884E4A #65884A

split-complementary

#4A8488 #884A65 #886D4A

monochromatic

#1F3739 #345E60 #4A8488 #64A6AB #8CBDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4A8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#4A8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8488

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8488	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.061 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8aa',
    500: '#4a8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8488;
$custom-light: #81a8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 29.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57544,
    "c": 0.06108,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8488

secondary

#AC8481

accent

#6862C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8488

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

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