#4AA5B4#4AA5B4

#4AA5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.088 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5B4
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 180)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -22.51, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 27.55, 215.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0768 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.089 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5140, 31.6590, 47.9901)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5B4 #B4594A

analogous

#4AB48E #4AA5B4 #4A70B4

triadic

#4AA5B4 #B44AA5 #A5B44A

tetradic

#4AA5B4 #8E4AB4 #B4594A #70B44A

square

#4AA5B4 #8E4AB4 #B4594A #70B44A

split-complementary

#4AA5B4 #B44A70 #B48E4A

monochromatic

#26555D #387D89 #4AA5B4 #75BBC6 #A0D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4AA5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#4AA5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5B4

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5B4	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.088 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0ca',
    500: '#4aa5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5b4;
$custom-light: #87c0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.491,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67282,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5B4

secondary

#C59C95

accent

#6856D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5B4

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

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