#4AAEAD#4AAEAD

#4AAEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.093 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEAD
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -29.02, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 30.17, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0896 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.093 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4997, 34.7425, 44.8892)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEAD #AE4A4B

analogous

#4AAE7B #4AAEAD #4A7DAE

triadic

#4AAEAD #AD4AAE #AEAD4A

tetradic

#4AAEAD #7B4AAE #AE4A4B #7DAE4A

square

#4AAEAD #7B4AAE #AE4A4B #7DAE4A

split-complementary

#4AAEAD #AE4A7D #AE7B4A

monochromatic

#255858 #388382 #4AAEAD #72C3C2 #9DD5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#4AAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#4AAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEAD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEAD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.093 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6c5',
    500: '#4aaead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaead;
$custom-light: #87c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69213,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEAD

secondary

#C29292

accent

#5859D0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEAD

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

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