#4A9C8A#4A9C8A

#4A9C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.085 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9C8A
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -29.55, 1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 29.61, 176.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0851 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.085 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2980, 27.0660, 28.2471)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9C8A #9C4A5C

analogous

#4A9C61 #4A9C8A #4A859C

triadic

#4A9C8A #8A4A9C #9C8A4A

tetradic

#4A9C8A #614A9C #9C4A5C #859C4A

square

#4A9C8A #614A9C #9C4A5C #859C4A

split-complementary

#4A9C8A #9C4A85 #9C614A

monochromatic

#234941 #367265 #4A9C8A #6BB9A7 #94CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4A9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4A9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9C8A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9C8A	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.085 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9ac',
    500: '#4a9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9c8a;
$custom-light: #83b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.829,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.08521,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9C8A

secondary

#B88994

accent

#5C75CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9C8A

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

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