#4AA8A8#4AA8A8

#4AA8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.088 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8A8
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -27.46, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 28.71, 197.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0852 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.088 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8916, 32.2859, 42.0109)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8A8 #A84A4A

analogous

#4AA879 #4AA8A8 #4A79A8

triadic

#4AA8A8 #A84AA8 #A8A84A

tetradic

#4AA8A8 #794AA8 #A84A4A #79A84A

square

#4AA8A8 #794AA8 #A84A4A #79A84A

split-complementary

#4AA8A8 #A84A79 #A8794A

monochromatic

#255353 #377E7E #4AA8A8 #6FC0C0 #9AD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4AA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#4AA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8A8

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8A8	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.088 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2c1',
    500: '#4aa8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8a8;
$custom-light: #86c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67572,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8A8

secondary

#BF8F8F

accent

#5959CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8A8

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

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