#4A9C99#4A9C99

#4A9C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.080 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9C99
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -25.61, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 26.32, 193.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0782 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.08 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4599, 27.5308, 34.3666)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9C99 #9C4A4D

analogous

#4A9C70 #4A9C99 #4A769C

triadic

#4A9C99 #994A9C #9C994A

tetradic

#4A9C99 #704A9C #9C4A4D #769C4A

square

#4A9C99 #704A9C #9C4A4D #769C4A

split-complementary

#4A9C99 #9C4A76 #9C704A

monochromatic

#234948 #367270 #4A9C99 #6BB9B6 #94CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4A9C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4A9C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9C99

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9C99	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.080 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9b7',
    500: '#4a9c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9c99;
$custom-light: #84b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.805,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64098,
    "c": 0.08002,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9C99

secondary

#B8898B

accent

#5C60CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9C99

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

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