#4AACB5#4AACB5

#4AACB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.092 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACB5
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -25.77, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 28.96, 207.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.084 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.092 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9136, 34.2945, 48.9609)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACB5 #B5534A

analogous

#4AB589 #4AACB5 #4A76B5

triadic

#4AACB5 #B54AAC #ACB54A

tetradic

#4AACB5 #894AB5 #B5534A #76B54A

square

#4AACB5 #894AB5 #B5534A #76B54A

split-complementary

#4AACB5 #B54A76 #B5894A

monochromatic

#26595E #38838A #4AACB5 #75C0C7 #A1D4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4AACB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#4AACB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACB5

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACB5	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A5B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F99B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.092 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5cb',
    500: '#4aacb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacb5;
$custom-light: #88c5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.047,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69012,
    "c": 0.09164,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACB5

secondary

#C59995

accent

#6056D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACB5

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

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