#4AA09E#4AA09E

#4AA09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.083 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA09E
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -26.25, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 27.13, 194.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0806 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.083 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5638, 29.0640, 36.8147)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA09E #A04A4C

analogous

#4AA073 #4AA09E #4A77A0

triadic

#4AA09E #9E4AA0 #A09E4A

tetradic

#4AA09E #734AA0 #A04A4C #77A04A

square

#4AA09E #734AA0 #A04A4C #77A04A

split-complementary

#4AA09E #A04A77 #A0734A

monochromatic

#234C4B #377675 #4AA09E #6CBBB9 #96CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4AA09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4AA09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA09E

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA09E	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.083 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcba',
    500: '#4aa09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa09e;
$custom-light: #85bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 36.752,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65258,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA09E

secondary

#BB8B8C

accent

#5B5ECD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA09E

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

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