#4AAE8A#4AAE8A

#4AAE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.109 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAE8A
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -37.96, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 39.21, 165.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.1057 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.109 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5453, 33.5608, 29.3296)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAE8A #AE4A6E

analogous

#4AAE58 #4AAE8A #4AA0AE

triadic

#4AAE8A #8A4AAE #AE8A4A

tetradic

#4AAE8A #584AAE #AE4A6E #A0AE4A

square

#4AAE8A #584AAE #AE4A6E #A0AE4A

split-complementary

#4AAE8A #AE4AA0 #AE584A

monochromatic

#255846 #388368 #4AAE8A #72C3A6 #9DD5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4AAE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#4AAE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAE8A

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAE8A	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C988C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.109 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7ac',
    500: '#4aae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aae8a;
$custom-light: #85c7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68144,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAE8A

secondary

#C292A3

accent

#5883D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAE8A

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

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