#4AA5A0#4AA5A0

#4AA5A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.087 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5A0
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 160)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -28.18, -5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 28.73, 191.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0854 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.087 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6216, 30.9020, 38.0234)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5A0 #A54A4F

analogous

#4AA573 #4AA5A0 #4A7DA5

triadic

#4AA5A0 #A04AA5 #A5A04A

tetradic

#4AA5A0 #734AA5 #A54A4F #7DA54A

square

#4AA5A0 #734AA5 #A54A4F #7DA54A

split-complementary

#4AA5A0 #A54A7D #A5734A

monochromatic

#24504E #377B77 #4AA5A0 #6EBEBA #98D1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#4AA5A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#4AA5A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5A0

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5A0	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E92A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.087 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0bc',
    500: '#4aa5a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5a0;
$custom-light: #85c0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.703,
    "s": 38.075,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6656,
    "c": 0.08682,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5A0

secondary

#BD8E90

accent

#5A60CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5A0

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

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