#4AA8A7#4AA8A7

#4AA8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.088 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8A7
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(179, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -27.74, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 28.83, 195.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0856 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.088 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7988, 32.2488, 41.5222)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8A7 #A84A4B

analogous

#4AA878 #4AA8A7 #4A7AA8

triadic

#4AA8A7 #A74AA8 #A8A74A

tetradic

#4AA8A7 #784AA8 #A84A4B #7AA84A

square

#4AA8A7 #784AA8 #A84A4B #7AA84A

split-complementary

#4AA8A7 #A84A7A #A8784A

monochromatic

#255353 #377E7D #4AA8A7 #6FC0BF #9AD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4AA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#4AA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8A7

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8A7	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.088 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2c1',
    500: '#4aa8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8a7;
$custom-light: #86c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.362,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67537,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8A7

secondary

#BF8F8F

accent

#595ACF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8A7

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

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