#4AAF8B#4AAF8B

#4AAF8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.109 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAF8B
RGB	rgb(74, 175, 139)
HSL	hsl(159, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 20.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -38.17, 9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 39.40, 165.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.1063 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.109 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8120, 33.9777, 29.7773)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAF8B #AF4A6E

analogous

#4AAF59 #4AAF8B #4AA1AF

triadic

#4AAF8B #8B4AAF #AF8B4A

tetradic

#4AAF8B #594AAF #AF4A6E #A1AF4A

square

#4AAF8B #594AAF #AF4A6E #A1AF4A

split-complementary

#4AAF8B #AF4AA1 #AF594A

monochromatic

#265947 #388469 #4AAF8B #73C4A7 #9ED6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4AAF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#4AAF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAF8B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAF8B	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaf8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 175, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.109 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7ac',
    500: '#4aaf8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaf8b;
$custom-light: #86c7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaf8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.614,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68423,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAF8B

secondary

#C292A4

accent

#5783D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAF8B

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

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