#4AAFAD#4AAFAD

#4AAFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.093 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAFAD
RGB	rgb(74, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -29.51, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 30.52, 194.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0907 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.093 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6936, 35.1303, 44.9538)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAFAD #AF4A4C

analogous

#4AAF7B #4AAFAD #4A7FAF

triadic

#4AAFAD #AD4AAF #AFAD4A

tetradic

#4AAFAD #7B4AAF #AF4A4C #7FAF4A

square

#4AAFAD #7B4AAF #AF4A4C #7FAF4A

split-complementary

#4AAFAD #AF4A7F #AF7B4A

monochromatic

#265958 #388482 #4AAFAD #73C4C2 #9ED6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4AAFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#4AAFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAFAD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAFAD	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aafad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.093 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7c5',
    500: '#4aafad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aafad;
$custom-light: #87c7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aafad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.812,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69457,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAFAD

secondary

#C29293

accent

#575AD0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAFAD

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

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