#4AA09C#4AA09C

#4AA09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.083 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA09C
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -26.79, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 27.42, 192.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0815 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.083 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3931, 28.9957, 35.9154)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA09C #A04A4E

analogous

#4AA071 #4AA09C #4A79A0

triadic

#4AA09C #9C4AA0 #A09C4A

tetradic

#4AA09C #714AA0 #A04A4E #79A04A

square

#4AA09C #714AA0 #A04A4E #79A04A

split-complementary

#4AA09C #A04A79 #A0714A

monochromatic

#234C4A #377673 #4AA09C #6CBBB7 #96CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4AA09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4AA09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA09C

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA09C	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98999C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.083 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcb9',
    500: '#4aa09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa09c;
$custom-light: #85bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.209,
    "s": 36.752,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6519,
    "c": 0.08309,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA09C

secondary

#BB8B8D

accent

#5B60CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA09C

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

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