#4AC0B8#4AC0B8

#4AC0B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC0B8
RGB	rgb(74, 192, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -34.61, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 35.09, 189.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.1041 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.105 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3215, 42.6126, 51.9652)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC0B8 #C04A52

analogous

#4AC07D #4AC0B8 #4A8DC0

triadic

#4AC0B8 #B84AC0 #C0B84A

tetradic

#4AC0B8 #7D4AC0 #C04A52 #8DC04A

square

#4AC0B8 #7D4AC0 #C04A52 #8DC04A

split-complementary

#4AC0B8 #C04A8D #C07D4A

monochromatic

#256B66 #359891 #4AC0B8 #77D0CA #A5E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4AC0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#4AC0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC0B8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC0B8	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 192, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3cd',
    500: '#4ac0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac0b8;
$custom-light: #8ad3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7397,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC0B8

secondary

#CD999D

accent

#5059D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC0B8

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

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