#4AAEB9#4AAEB9

#4AAEB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.093 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEB9
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -25.61, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 29.36, 209.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0845 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.093 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7134, 35.2280, 51.2814)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEB9 #B9554A

analogous

#4AB98C #4AAEB9 #4A76B9

triadic

#4AAEB9 #B94AAE #AEB94A

tetradic

#4AAEB9 #8C4AB9 #B9554A #76B94A

square

#4AAEB9 #8C4AB9 #B9554A #76B94A

split-complementary

#4AAEB9 #B94A76 #B98C4A

monochromatic

#265D63 #37868F #4AAEB9 #76C2CA #A2D5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#4AAEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#4AAEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEB9

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEB9	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.093 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6ce',
    500: '#4aaeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaeb9;
$custom-light: #88c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.946,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69643,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEB9

secondary

#C89C97

accent

#6154D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEB9

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

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