#4A8E8F#4A8E8F

#4A8E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.069 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8E8F
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 32%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, -21.19, -7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 22.38, 198.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0661 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.069 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4530, 22.7835, 29.4592)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8E8F #8F4B4A

analogous

#4A8F6E #4A8E8F #4A6B8F

triadic

#4A8E8F #8F4A8E #8E8F4A

tetradic

#4A8E8F #6E4A8F #8F4B4A #6B8F4A

square

#4A8E8F #6E4A8F #8F4B4A #6B8F4A

split-complementary

#4A8E8F #8F4A6B #8F6E4A

monochromatic

#203E3E #356667 #4A8E8F #66AFB0 #8FC4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4A8E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4A8E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8E8F

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8E8F	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.069 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afaf',
    500: '#4a8e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8e8f;
$custom-light: #82afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 31.797,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60279,
    "c": 0.06904,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8E8F

secondary

#B18584

accent

#6160C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8E8F

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

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