#4AC4AE#4AC4AE

#4AC4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC4AE
RGB	rgb(74, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -39.07, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 39.09, 178.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.1128 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.113 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2004, 43.9885, 46.9352)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC4AE #C44A60

analogous

#4AC471 #4AC4AE #4A9DC4

triadic

#4AC4AE #AE4AC4 #C4AE4A

tetradic

#4AC4AE #714AC4 #C44A60 #9DC44A

square

#4AC4AE #714AC4 #C44A60 #9DC44A

split-complementary

#4AC4AE #C44A9D #C4714A

monochromatic

#246F62 #339D8A #4AC4AE #78D3C3 #A6E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4AC4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#4AC4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC4AE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC4AE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6c6',
    500: '#4ac4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac4ae;
$custom-light: #8ad6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.18,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74634,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC4AE

secondary

#CF9BA4

accent

#4D67DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC4AE

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

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