#4AAEB5#4AAEB5

#4AAEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.093 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEB5
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -26.76, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 29.47, 204.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0862 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.093 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2971, 35.0615, 49.0888)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEB5 #B5514A

analogous

#4AB586 #4AAEB5 #4A79B5

triadic

#4AAEB5 #B54AAE #AEB54A

tetradic

#4AAEB5 #864AB5 #B5514A #79B54A

square

#4AAEB5 #864AB5 #B5514A #79B54A

split-complementary

#4AAEB5 #B54A79 #B5864A

monochromatic

#265A5E #38848A #4AAEB5 #75C1C7 #A1D5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4AAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#4AAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEB5

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEB5	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.093 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6cb',
    500: '#4aaeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaeb5;
$custom-light: #88c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.925,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69496,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEB5

secondary

#C59995

accent

#5E56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEB5

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

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