#4A8A8D#4A8A8D

#4A8A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.066 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8A8D
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -19.64, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 21.20, 202.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0621 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.066 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7184, 21.5545, 28.4736)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8A8D #8D4D4A

analogous

#4A8D6F #4A8A8D #4A688D

triadic

#4A8A8D #8D4A8A #8A8D4A

tetradic

#4A8A8D #6F4A8D #8D4D4A #688D4A

square

#4A8A8D #6F4A8D #8D4D4A #688D4A

split-complementary

#4A8A8D #8D4A68 #8D6F4A

monochromatic

#203B3D #356365 #4A8A8D #66ABAF #8EC1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4A8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4A8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8A8D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8A8D	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.066 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acae',
    500: '#4a8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8a8d;
$custom-light: #82acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59215,
    "c": 0.06591,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8A8D

secondary

#B08583

accent

#6560C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8A8D

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

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