#4AAA9F#4AAA9F

#4AAA9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAA9F
RGB	rgb(74, 170, 159)
HSL	hsl(173, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -30.88, -2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 31.01, 185.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0915 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.092 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4540, 32.7062, 37.8711)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAA9F #AA4A55

analogous

#4AAA6F #4AAA9F #4A85AA

triadic

#4AAA9F #9F4AAA #AA9F4A

tetradic

#4AAA9F #6F4AAA #AA4A55 #85AA4A

square

#4AAA9F #6F4AAA #AA4A55 #85AA4A

split-complementary

#4AAA9F #AA4A85 #AA6F4A

monochromatic

#25554F #377F77 #4AAA9F #70C1B8 #9BD3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4AAA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#4AAA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAA9F

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAA9F	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9396A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaa9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 170, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c3bb',
    500: '#4aaa9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaa9f;
$custom-light: #86c3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaa9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.125,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67762,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAA9F

secondary

#C09095

accent

#5966CF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAA9F

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

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