#4AA8B2#4AA8B2

#4AA8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.089 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8B2
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -24.62, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 28.09, 208.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0809 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.089 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8592, 32.6730, 47.1073)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8B2 #B2544A

analogous

#4AB288 #4AA8B2 #4A74B2

triadic

#4AA8B2 #B24AA8 #A8B24A

tetradic

#4AA8B2 #884AB2 #B2544A #74B24A

square

#4AA8B2 #884AB2 #B2544A #74B24A

split-complementary

#4AA8B2 #B24A74 #B2884A

monochromatic

#26565C #387F87 #4AA8B2 #74BDC5 #9FD2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4AA8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#4AA8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8B2

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8B2	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C96B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.089 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2c9',
    500: '#4aa8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8b2;
$custom-light: #87c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67932,
    "c": 0.08913,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8B2

secondary

#C49994

accent

#6257D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8B2

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

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