#4A989A#4A989A

#4A989A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.077 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A989A
RGB	rgb(74, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -23.31, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 24.78, 199.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0731 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.077 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8826, 26.2436, 34.5833)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A989A #9A4C4A

analogous

#4A9A74 #4A989A #4A709A

triadic

#4A989A #9A4A98 #989A4A

tetradic

#4A989A #744A9A #9A4C4A #709A4A

square

#4A989A #744A9A #9A4C4A #709A4A

split-complementary

#4A989A #9A4A70 #9A744A

monochromatic

#224647 #366F71 #4A989A #6AB5B7 #93CACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4A989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4A989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A989A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A989A	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.077 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6b7',
    500: '#4a989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a989a;
$custom-light: #84b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63145,
    "c": 0.07674,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A989A

secondary

#B78A89

accent

#5F5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A989A

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

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