#4AA8AA#4AA8AA

#4AA8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.088 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8AA
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(181, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -26.90, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 28.50, 199.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0843 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.088 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0793, 32.3610, 42.9997)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8AA #AA4C4A

analogous

#4AAA7C #4AA8AA #4A78AA

triadic

#4AA8AA #AA4AA8 #A8AA4A

tetradic

#4AA8AA #7C4AAA #AA4C4A #78AA4A

square

#4AA8AA #7C4AAA #AA4C4A #78AA4A

split-complementary

#4AA8AA #AA4A78 #AA7C4A

monochromatic

#255455 #377E7F #4AA8AA #70BFC1 #9BD2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4AA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#4AA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8AA

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8AA	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.088 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2c3',
    500: '#4aa8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8aa;
$custom-light: #86c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.25,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67642,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8AA

secondary

#C09190

accent

#5B59CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8AA

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

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