#4AA09D#4AA09D

#4AA09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.083 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA09D
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -26.52, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 27.27, 193.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.081 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.083 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4781, 29.0298, 36.3632)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA09D #A04A4D

analogous

#4AA072 #4AA09D #4A78A0

triadic

#4AA09D #9D4AA0 #A09D4A

tetradic

#4AA09D #724AA0 #A04A4D #78A04A

square

#4AA09D #724AA0 #A04A4D #78A04A

split-complementary

#4AA09D #A04A78 #A0724A

monochromatic

#234C4B #377674 #4AA09D #6CBBB8 #96CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4AA09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4AA09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA09D

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA09D	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.083 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcb9',
    500: '#4aa09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa09d;
$custom-light: #85bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.907,
    "s": 36.752,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65224,
    "c": 0.08293,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA09D

secondary

#BB8B8D

accent

#5B5FCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA09D

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

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