#4AA8A2#4AA8A2

#4AA8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.089 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8A2
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -29.11, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 29.58, 190.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0879 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.089 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3455, 32.0675, 39.1348)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8A2 #A84A50

analogous

#4AA873 #4AA8A2 #4A7FA8

triadic

#4AA8A2 #A24AA8 #A8A24A

tetradic

#4AA8A2 #734AA8 #A84A50 #7FA84A

square

#4AA8A2 #734AA8 #A84A50 #7FA84A

split-complementary

#4AA8A2 #A84A7F #A8734A

monochromatic

#255350 #377E79 #4AA8A2 #6FC0BB #9AD2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4AA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#4AA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8A2

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8A2	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.089 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2bd',
    500: '#4aa8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8a2;
$custom-light: #86c2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.17,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67367,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8A2

secondary

#BF8F92

accent

#5961CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8A2

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

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