#4AA5AE#4AA5AE

#4AA5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.087 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5AE
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -24.25, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 27.44, 207.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0793 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.087 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9160, 31.4197, 44.8404)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5AE #AE534A

analogous

#4AAE85 #4AA5AE #4A73AE

triadic

#4AA5AE #AE4AA5 #A5AE4A

tetradic

#4AA5AE #854AAE #AE534A #73AE4A

square

#4AA5AE #854AAE #AE534A #73AE4A

split-complementary

#4AA5AE #AE4A73 #AE854A

monochromatic

#255458 #387C83 #4AA5AE #72BCC3 #9DD0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#4AA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#4AA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5AE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5AE	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.087 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0c6',
    500: '#4aa5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5ae;
$custom-light: #86c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67056,
    "c": 0.08687,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5AE

secondary

#C29692

accent

#6258D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5AE

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

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