#4AA3AC#4AA3AC

#4AA3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.085 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA3AC
RGB	rgb(74, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -23.81, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 27.00, 208.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0779 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.085 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3646, 30.6265, 43.7019)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA3AC #AC534A

analogous

#4AAC84 #4AA3AC #4A72AC

triadic

#4AA3AC #AC4AA3 #A3AC4A

tetradic

#4AA3AC #844AAC #AC534A #72AC4A

square

#4AA3AC #844AAC #AC534A #72AC4A

split-complementary

#4AA3AC #AC4A72 #AC844A

monochromatic

#255256 #387A81 #4AA3AC #71BBC2 #9CCFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4AA3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#4AA3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA3AC

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA3AC	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.085 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bec4',
    500: '#4aa3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa3ac;
$custom-light: #86bec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.51,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66495,
    "c": 0.08548,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA3AC

secondary

#C19591

accent

#6358D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA3AC

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

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