#4A9697#4A9697

#4A9697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.075 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9697
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -23.12, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 24.38, 198.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0721 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.075 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3140, 25.5012, 33.1766)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9697 #974B4A

analogous

#4A9772 #4A9697 #4A7097

triadic

#4A9697 #974A96 #96974A

tetradic

#4A9697 #724A97 #974B4A #70974A

square

#4A9697 #724A97 #974B4A #70974A

split-complementary

#4A9697 #974A70 #97724A

monochromatic

#224445 #366D6E #4A9697 #69B4B5 #92C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4A9697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4A9697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9697

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9697	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.075 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5b5',
    500: '#4a9697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9697;
$custom-light: #83b5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.779,
    "s": 34.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62544,
    "c": 0.07523,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9697

secondary

#B68887

accent

#5F5DCA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9697

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

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