#4AC0A8#4AC0A8

#4AC0A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0A8
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 12.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -38.79, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 38.86, 176.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1113 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.111 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7382, 41.9793, 43.6265)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0A8 #C04A62

analogous

#4AC06D #4AC0A8 #4A9DC0

triadic

#4AC0A8 #A84AC0 #C0A84A

tetradic

#4AC0A8 #6D4AC0 #C04A62 #9DC04A

square

#4AC0A8 #6D4AC0 #C04A62 #9DC04A

split-complementary

#4AC0A8 #C04A9D #C06D4A

monochromatic

#256B5C #359884 #4AC0A8 #77D0BE #A5E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4AC0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#4AC0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0A8

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0A8	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3c1',
    500: '#4ac0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0a8;
$custom-light: #89d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0A8

secondary

#CD99A4

accent

#506CD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0A8

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

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