#4A9D97#4A9D97

#4A9D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.081 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9D97
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -26.65, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 27.04, 189.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0803 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.081 189)
XYZ	xyz(20.4646, 27.8023, 33.5601)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9D97 #9D4A50

analogous

#4A9D6E #4A9D97 #4A799D

triadic

#4A9D97 #974A9D #9D974A

tetradic

#4A9D97 #6E4A9D #9D4A50 #799D4A

square

#4A9D97 #6E4A9D #9D4A50 #799D4A

split-complementary

#4A9D97 #9D4A79 #9D6E4A

monochromatic

#234A47 #36736F #4A9D97 #6BB9B4 #95CDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4A9D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4A9D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9D97

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9D97	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.081 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bab5',
    500: '#4a9d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9d97;
$custom-light: #84bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.663,
    "s": 35.931,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64278,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.27804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9D97

secondary

#B98A8D

accent

#5C64CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9D97

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

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