#4AA8A5#4AA8A5

#4AA8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.089 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8A5
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -28.29, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 29.11, 193.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0865 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.089 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6153, 32.1754, 40.5560)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8A5 #A84A4D

analogous

#4AA876 #4AA8A5 #4A7CA8

triadic

#4AA8A5 #A54AA8 #A8A54A

tetradic

#4AA8A5 #764AA8 #A84A4D #7CA84A

square

#4AA8A5 #764AA8 #A84A4D #7CA84A

split-complementary

#4AA8A5 #A84A7C #A8764A

monochromatic

#255352 #377E7B #4AA8A5 #6FC0BD #9AD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4AA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#4AA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8A5

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8A5	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.089 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2bf',
    500: '#4aa8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8a5;
$custom-light: #86c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.085,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67468,
    "c": 0.0886,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8A5

secondary

#BF8F90

accent

#595DCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8A5

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

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