#4AA09F#4AA09F

#4AA09F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.083 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA09F
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -25.97, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 27.00, 195.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0802 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.083 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6502, 29.0986, 37.2698)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA09F #A04A4B

analogous

#4AA074 #4AA09F #4A76A0

triadic

#4AA09F #9F4AA0 #A09F4A

tetradic

#4AA09F #744AA0 #A04A4B #76A04A

square

#4AA09F #744AA0 #A04A4B #76A04A

split-complementary

#4AA09F #A04A76 #A0744A

monochromatic

#234C4C #377675 #4AA09F #6CBBBA #96CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4AA09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4AA09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA09F

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA09F	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.083 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcbb',
    500: '#4aa09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa09f;
$custom-light: #85bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.302,
    "s": 36.752,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65293,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA09F

secondary

#BB8B8C

accent

#5B5CCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA09F

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

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