#4A999A#4A999A

#4A999A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.077 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A999A
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 154)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -23.82, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 25.11, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0743 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.077 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0456, 26.5696, 34.6376)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A999A #9A4B4A

analogous

#4A9A73 #4A999A #4A719A

triadic

#4A999A #9A4A99 #999A4A

tetradic

#4A999A #734A9A #9A4B4A #719A4A

square

#4A999A #734A9A #9A4B4A #719A4A

split-complementary

#4A999A #9A4A71 #9A734A

monochromatic

#224747 #367071 #4A999A #6AB6B7 #93CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4A999A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4A999A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A999A

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A999A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A999A	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a999a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.077 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7b7',
    500: '#4a999a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a999a;
$custom-light: #84b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a999a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.75,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63392,
    "c": 0.07748,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A999A

secondary

#B78989

accent

#5E5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A999A

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

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