#4AA9B2#4AA9B2

#4AA9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.090 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9B2
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 178)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -25.12, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 28.32, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.082 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.09 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0445, 33.0436, 47.1691)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9B2 #B2534A

analogous

#4AB287 #4AA9B2 #4A75B2

triadic

#4AA9B2 #B24AA9 #A9B24A

tetradic

#4AA9B2 #874AB2 #B2534A #75B24A

square

#4AA9B2 #874AB2 #B2534A #75B24A

split-complementary

#4AA9B2 #B24A75 #B2874A

monochromatic

#26575C #388087 #4AA9B2 #74BEC5 #9FD2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4AA9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#4AA9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9B2

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9B2	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D96B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.090 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3c9',
    500: '#4aa9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9b2;
$custom-light: #87c3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.192,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68175,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9B2

secondary

#C49894

accent

#6157D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9B2

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

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