#4AA4A6#4AA4A6

#4AA4A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.085 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4A6
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 166)
HSL	hsl(181, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -26.03, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 27.60, 199.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0816 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.085 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9795, 30.7577, 40.7948)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4A6 #A64C4A

analogous

#4AA67A #4AA4A6 #4A76A6

triadic

#4AA4A6 #A64AA4 #A4A64A

tetradic

#4AA4A6 #7A4AA6 #A64C4A #76A64A

square

#4AA4A6 #7A4AA6 #A64C4A #76A64A

split-complementary

#4AA4A6 #A64A76 #A67A4A

monochromatic

#245051 #377A7C #4AA4A6 #6FBDBF #99D0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4AA4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#4AA4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4A6

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4A6	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9DA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.085 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfc0',
    500: '#4aa4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4a6;
$custom-light: #86bfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66522,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4A6

secondary

#BE8F8E

accent

#5C5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4A6

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

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