#4AC0B4#4AC0B4

#4AC0B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0B4
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 6.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -35.68, -3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 35.88, 186.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.1059 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.106 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9082, 42.4472, 49.7881)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0B4 #C04A56

analogous

#4AC079 #4AC0B4 #4A91C0

triadic

#4AC0B4 #B44AC0 #C0B44A

tetradic

#4AC0B4 #794AC0 #C04A56 #91C04A

square

#4AC0B4 #794AC0 #C04A56 #91C04A

split-complementary

#4AC0B4 #C04A91 #C0794A

monochromatic

#256B63 #35988E #4AC0B4 #77D0C7 #A5E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4AC0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#4AC0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0B4

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0B4	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3ca',
    500: '#4ac0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0b4;
$custom-light: #8ad3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0B4

secondary

#CD999E

accent

#505ED8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0B4

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

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