#4A9D8A#4A9D8A

#4A9D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.086 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9D8A
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -30.04, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 30.12, 175.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0863 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.086 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4664, 27.4030, 28.3033)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9D8A #9D4A5D

analogous

#4A9D60 #4A9D8A #4A869D

triadic

#4A9D8A #8A4A9D #9D8A4A

tetradic

#4A9D8A #604A9D #9D4A5D #869D4A

square

#4A9D8A #604A9D #9D4A5D #869D4A

split-complementary

#4A9D8A #9D4A86 #9D604A

monochromatic

#234A41 #367365 #4A9D8A #6BB9A7 #95CDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4A9D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4A9D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9D8A

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9D8A	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.086 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83baac',
    500: '#4a9d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9d8a;
$custom-light: #83baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.265,
    "s": 35.931,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.08645,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9D8A

secondary

#B98A95

accent

#5C76CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9D8A

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

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