#4AA0AC#4AA0AC

#4AA0AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.084 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0AC
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -22.28, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 26.36, 212.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0746 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.084 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8382, 29.5738, 43.5265)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0AC #AC564A

analogous

#4AAC87 #4AA0AC #4A6FAC

triadic

#4AA0AC #AC4AA0 #A0AC4A

tetradic

#4AA0AC #874AAC #AC564A #6FAC4A

square

#4AA0AC #874AAC #AC564A #6FAC4A

split-complementary

#4AA0AC #AC4A6F #AC874A

monochromatic

#255056 #387881 #4AA0AC #71B8C2 #9CCDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4AA0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#4AA0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0AC

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0AC	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.084 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcc4',
    500: '#4aa0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0ac;
$custom-light: #86bcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65766,
    "c": 0.08412,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0AC

secondary

#C19791

accent

#6758D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0AC

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

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