#4A9983#4A9983

#4A9983 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.086 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9983
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(163, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 14.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -29.84, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 30.13, 172.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0848 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.086 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3102, 25.8754, 25.4979)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9983 #994A60

analogous

#4A995C #4A9983 #4A8899

triadic

#4A9983 #834A99 #99834A

tetradic

#4A9983 #5C4A99 #994A60 #88994A

square

#4A9983 #5C4A99 #994A60 #88994A

split-complementary

#4A9983 #994A88 #995C4A

monochromatic

#22473C #367060 #4A9983 #6AB7A1 #93CBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4A9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4A9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9983

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9983	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.086 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7a7',
    500: '#4a9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9983;
$custom-light: #83b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.291,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62645,
    "c": 0.08551,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9983

secondary

#B78895

accent

#5D7CCB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9983

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

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