#4AADA8#4AADA8

#4AADA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.092 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADA8
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -29.91, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 30.53, 191.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0907 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.092 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8324, 34.1677, 42.3245)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADA8 #AD4A4F

analogous

#4AAD76 #4AADA8 #4A80AD

triadic

#4AADA8 #A84AAD #ADA84A

tetradic

#4AADA8 #764AAD #AD4A4F #80AD4A

square

#4AADA8 #764AAD #AD4A4F #80AD4A

split-complementary

#4AADA8 #AD4A80 #AD764A

monochromatic

#255755 #38827E #4AADA8 #72C3BE #9DD5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4AADA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#4AADA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADA8

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADA8	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aada8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.092 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6c1',
    500: '#4aada8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aada8;
$custom-light: #87c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aada8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.97,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68798,
    "c": 0.09235,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADA8

secondary

#C19194

accent

#585ED0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADA8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →