#4AA9BA#4AA9BA

#4AA9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.092 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9BA
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -22.78, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 28.50, 216.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0787 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.092 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8713, 33.3743, 51.5233)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9BA #BA5B4A

analogous

#4ABA93 #4AA9BA #4A71BA

triadic

#4AA9BA #BA4AA9 #A9BA4A

tetradic

#4AA9BA #934ABA #BA5B4A #71BA4A

square

#4AA9BA #934ABA #BA5B4A #71BA4A

split-complementary

#4AA9BA #BA4A71 #BA934A

monochromatic

#265A64 #378290 #4AA9BA #76BECB #A3D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4AA9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#4AA9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9BA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9BA	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.092 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2ce',
    500: '#4aa9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9ba;
$custom-light: #88c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.107,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9BA

secondary

#C99F97

accent

#6753D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9BA

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

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