#4AC4AD#4AC4AD

#4AC4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC4AD
RGB	rgb(74, 196, 173)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 11.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -39.33, 1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 39.36, 177.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.1133 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.113 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1032, 43.9496, 46.4237)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC4AD #C44A61

analogous

#4AC470 #4AC4AD #4A9EC4

triadic

#4AC4AD #AD4AC4 #C4AD4A

tetradic

#4AC4AD #704AC4 #C44A61 #9EC44A

square

#4AC4AD #704AC4 #C44A61 #9EC44A

split-complementary

#4AC4AD #C44A9E #C4704A

monochromatic

#246F61 #339D89 #4AC4AD #78D3C2 #A6E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4AC4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#4AC4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC4AD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC4AD	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 196, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6c5',
    500: '#4ac4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac4ad;
$custom-light: #8ad6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.689,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74604,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC4AD

secondary

#CF9BA4

accent

#4D68DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC4AD

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

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