#4AA09B#4AA09B

#4AA09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.083 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA09B
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 155)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 3.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -27.07, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 27.58, 191.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0819 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.083 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3087, 28.9620, 35.4713)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA09B #A04A4F

analogous

#4AA070 #4AA09B #4A7AA0

triadic

#4AA09B #9B4AA0 #A09B4A

tetradic

#4AA09B #704AA0 #A04A4F #7AA04A

square

#4AA09B #704AA0 #A04A4F #7AA04A

split-complementary

#4AA09B #A04A7A #A0704A

monochromatic

#234C4A #377672 #4AA09B #6CBBB6 #96CECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4AA09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4AA09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA09B

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA09B	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)

#98999B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.083 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bcb8',
    500: '#4aa09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa09b;
$custom-light: #84bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.512,
    "s": 36.752,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65156,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA09B

secondary

#BB8B8E

accent

#5B62CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA09B

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

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