#4A9C8D#4A9C8D

#4A9C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.084 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9C8D
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -28.79, 0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 28.79, 179.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0837 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.084 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5182, 27.1541, 29.4068)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9C8D #9C4A59

analogous

#4A9C64 #4A9C8D #4A829C

triadic

#4A9C8D #8D4A9C #9C8D4A

tetradic

#4A9C8D #644A9C #9C4A59 #829C4A

square

#4A9C8D #644A9C #9C4A59 #829C4A

split-complementary

#4A9C8D #9C4A82 #9C644A

monochromatic

#234942 #367267 #4A9C8D #6BB9AA #94CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4A9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4A9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9C8D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9C8D	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.084 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9ae',
    500: '#4a9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9c8d;
$custom-light: #83b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.024,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63704,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9C8D

secondary

#B88992

accent

#5C71CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9C8D

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

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