#4A9D96#4A9D96

#4A9D96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.082 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9D96
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 4.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -26.92, -4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 27.22, 188.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0807 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.082 188)
XYZ	xyz(20.3837, 27.7699, 33.1342)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9D96 #9D4A51

analogous

#4A9D6D #4A9D96 #4A7A9D

triadic

#4A9D96 #964A9D #9D964A

tetradic

#4A9D96 #6D4A9D #9D4A51 #7A9D4A

square

#4A9D96 #6D4A9D #9D4A51 #7A9D4A

split-complementary

#4A9D96 #9D4A7A #9D6D4A

monochromatic

#234A47 #36736E #4A9D96 #6BB9B3 #95CDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4A9D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4A9D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9D96

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9D96	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.082 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bab4',
    500: '#4a9d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9d96;
$custom-light: #84bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.94,
    "s": 35.931,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64244,
    "c": 0.08153,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.27772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9D96

secondary

#B98A8E

accent

#5C65CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9D96

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

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