#4A998D#4A998D

#4A998D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.080 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A998D
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -27.32, -1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 27.34, 182.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0802 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.08 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0210, 26.1597, 29.2411)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A998D #994A56

analogous

#4A9966 #4A998D #4A7E99

triadic

#4A998D #8D4A99 #998D4A

tetradic

#4A998D #664A99 #994A56 #7E994A

square

#4A998D #664A99 #994A56 #7E994A

split-complementary

#4A998D #994A7E #99664A

monochromatic

#224741 #367067 #4A998D #6AB7AB #93CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4A998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4A998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A998D

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A998D	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.080 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7ae',
    500: '#4a998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a998d;
$custom-light: #83b7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.886,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62953,
    "c": 0.08025,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A998D

secondary

#B7888F

accent

#5D6ECB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A998D

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

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