#4AA09A#4AA09A

#4AA09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.083 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA09A
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 154)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -27.34, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 27.75, 189.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0824 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.083 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2251, 28.9286, 35.0308)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA09A #A04A50

analogous

#4AA06F #4AA09A #4A7BA0

triadic

#4AA09A #9A4AA0 #A09A4A

tetradic

#4AA09A #6F4AA0 #A04A50 #7BA04A

square

#4AA09A #6F4AA0 #A04A50 #7BA04A

split-complementary

#4AA09A #A04A7B #A06F4A

monochromatic

#234C49 #377672 #4AA09A #6CBBB6 #96CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4AA09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4AA09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA09A

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA09A	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)

#98999A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.083 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bcb7',
    500: '#4aa09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa09a;
$custom-light: #84bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 36.752,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65122,
    "c": 0.08346,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA09A

secondary

#BB8B8F

accent

#5B63CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA09A

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

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