#4A9796#4A9796

#4A9796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.076 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9796
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -23.90, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 24.84, 195.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0737 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.076 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3934, 25.7893, 32.8041)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9796 #974A4B

analogous

#4A9770 #4A9796 #4A7297

triadic

#4A9796 #964A97 #97964A

tetradic

#4A9796 #704A97 #974A4B #72974A

square

#4A9796 #704A97 #974A4B #72974A

split-complementary

#4A9796 #974A72 #97704A

monochromatic

#224544 #366E6D #4A9796 #69B5B4 #92CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4A9796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4A9796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9796

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9796	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.076 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b4',
    500: '#4a9796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9796;
$custom-light: #83b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.221,
    "s": 34.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62756,
    "c": 0.07608,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9796

secondary

#B68788

accent

#5D5FCA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9796

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

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