#4AACAA#4AACAA

#4AACAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.091 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACAA
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -28.87, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 29.86, 194.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0888 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.091 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8292, 33.8607, 43.2497)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACAA #AC4A4C

analogous

#4AAC79 #4AACAA #4A7DAC

triadic

#4AACAA #AA4AAC #ACAA4A

tetradic

#4AACAA #794AAC #AC4A4C #7DAC4A

square

#4AACAA #794AAC #AC4A4C #7DAC4A

split-complementary

#4AACAA #AC4A7D #AC794A

monochromatic

#255655 #388180 #4AACAA #71C2C0 #9CD4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4AACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#4AACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACAA

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACAA	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.091 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c5c3',
    500: '#4aacaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacaa;
$custom-light: #87c5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68621,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACAA

secondary

#C19192

accent

#585BD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACAA

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

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