#4AA8A0#4AA8A0

#4AA8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.090 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8A0
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(175, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -29.64, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 29.95, 188.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0888 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.09 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1691, 31.9969, 38.2059)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8A0 #A84A52

analogous

#4AA871 #4AA8A0 #4A81A8

triadic

#4AA8A0 #A04AA8 #A8A04A

tetradic

#4AA8A0 #714AA8 #A84A52 #81A84A

square

#4AA8A0 #714AA8 #A84A52 #81A84A

split-complementary

#4AA8A0 #A84A81 #A8714A

monochromatic

#25534F #377E78 #4AA8A0 #6FC0B9 #9AD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4AA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#4AA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8A0

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8A0	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.090 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2bc',
    500: '#4aa8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8a0;
$custom-light: #86c2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.894,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.673,
    "c": 0.08957,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8A0

secondary

#BF8F93

accent

#5963CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8A0

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

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