#4AA0AD#4AA0AD

#4AA0AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.084 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0AD
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -21.99, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 26.39, 213.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0741 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.084 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9346, 29.6124, 44.0342)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0AD #AD574A

analogous

#4AAD88 #4AA0AD #4A6EAD

triadic

#4AA0AD #AD4AA0 #A0AD4A

tetradic

#4AA0AD #884AAD #AD574A #6EAD4A

square

#4AA0AD #884AAD #AD574A #6EAD4A

split-complementary

#4AA0AD #AD4A6E #AD884A

monochromatic

#255157 #387882 #4AA0AD #72B8C3 #9DCDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4AA0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#4AA0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0AD

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0AD	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#949BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.084 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcc5',
    500: '#4aa0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0ad;
$custom-light: #86bcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65804,
    "c": 0.08442,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0AD

secondary

#C19891

accent

#6858D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0AD

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

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