#4A8C8D#4A8C8D

#4A8C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.067 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8C8D
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -20.69, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 21.87, 198.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% -0.0646 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.067 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0079, 22.1337, 28.5701)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8C8D #8D4B4A

analogous

#4A8D6D #4A8C8D #4A6A8D

triadic

#4A8C8D #8D4A8C #8C8D4A

tetradic

#4A8C8D #6D4A8D #8D4B4A #6A8D4A

square

#4A8C8D #6D4A8D #8D4B4A #6A8D4A

split-complementary

#4A8C8D #8D4A6A #8D6D4A

monochromatic

#203C3D #356465 #4A8C8D #66ADAF #8EC3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4A8C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#4A8C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8C8D

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8C8D	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.067 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeae',
    500: '#4a8c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8c8d;
$custom-light: #82aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59711,
    "c": 0.06744,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8C8D

secondary

#B08483

accent

#6260C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8C8D

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

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