#4A9EAE#4A9EAE

#4A9EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.084 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9EAE
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -20.65, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 26.14, 217.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0715 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.084 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6878, 28.9634, 44.4310)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9EAE #AE5A4A

analogous

#4AAE8C #4A9EAE #4A6CAE

triadic

#4A9EAE #AE4A9E #9EAE4A

tetradic

#4A9EAE #8C4AAE #AE5A4A #6CAE4A

square

#4A9EAE #8C4AAE #AE5A4A #6CAE4A

split-complementary

#4A9EAE #AE4A6C #AE8C4A

monochromatic

#255058 #387783 #4A9EAE #72B6C3 #9DCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4A9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4A9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9EAE

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9EAE	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.084 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbc6',
    500: '#4a9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9eae;
$custom-light: #86bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65359,
    "c": 0.08413,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9EAE

secondary

#C29A92

accent

#6B58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9EAE

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

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