#4A9899#4A9899

#4A9899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.077 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9899
RGB	rgb(74, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -23.58, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 24.87, 198.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0736 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.077 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7997, 26.2104, 34.1465)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9899 #994B4A

analogous

#4A9972 #4A9899 #4A7199

triadic

#4A9899 #994A98 #98994A

tetradic

#4A9899 #724A99 #994B4A #71994A

square

#4A9899 #724A99 #994B4A #71994A

split-complementary

#4A9899 #994A71 #99724A

monochromatic

#224647 #366F70 #4A9899 #6AB6B7 #93CACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4A9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4A9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9899

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9899	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.077 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6b7',
    500: '#4a9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9899;
$custom-light: #84b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.759,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63109,
    "c": 0.07674,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9899

secondary

#B78988

accent

#5E5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9899

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

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