#4AC0B5#4AC0B5

#4AC0B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0B5
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 5.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -35.42, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 35.67, 186.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1054 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.106 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0104, 42.4881, 50.3266)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0B5 #C04A55

analogous

#4AC07A #4AC0B5 #4A90C0

triadic

#4AC0B5 #B54AC0 #C0B54A

tetradic

#4AC0B5 #7A4AC0 #C04A55 #90C04A

square

#4AC0B5 #7A4AC0 #C04A55 #90C04A

split-complementary

#4AC0B5 #C04A90 #C07A4A

monochromatic

#256B64 #35988F #4AC0B5 #77D0C8 #A5E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4AC0B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#4AC0B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0B5

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0B5	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3cb',
    500: '#4ac0b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0b5;
$custom-light: #8ad3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.407,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0B5

secondary

#CD999E

accent

#505DD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0B5

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

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