#4AAEC0#4AAEC0

#4AAEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEC0
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -23.56, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 29.58, 217.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0816 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.096 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4706, 35.5309, 55.2694)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEC0 #C05C4A

analogous

#4AC097 #4AAEC0 #4A73C0

triadic

#4AAEC0 #C04AAE #AEC04A

tetradic

#4AAEC0 #974AC0 #C05C4A #73C04A

square

#4AAEC0 #974AC0 #C05C4A #73C04A

split-complementary

#4AAEC0 #C04A73 #C0974A

monochromatic

#25606B #358998 #4AAEC0 #77C2D0 #A5D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4AAEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#4AAEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEC0

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEC0	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6d3',
    500: '#4aaec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaec0;
$custom-light: #89c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.153,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69909,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEC0

secondary

#CDA199

accent

#6550D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEC0

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

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