#4AC0B3#4AC0B3

#4AC0B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0B3
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 6.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -35.95, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 36.10, 185.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.1063 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.107 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8067, 42.4066, 49.2535)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0B3 #C04A57

analogous

#4AC078 #4AC0B3 #4A92C0

triadic

#4AC0B3 #B34AC0 #C0B34A

tetradic

#4AC0B3 #784AC0 #C04A57 #92C04A

square

#4AC0B3 #784AC0 #C04A57 #92C04A

split-complementary

#4AC0B3 #C04A92 #C0784A

monochromatic

#256B63 #35988D #4AC0B3 #77D0C6 #A5E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4AC0B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#4AC0B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0B3

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0B3	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3c9',
    500: '#4ac0b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0b3;
$custom-light: #8ad3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.39,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73809,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0B3

secondary

#CD999F

accent

#505FD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0B3

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

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