#4AC5B5#4AC5B5

#4AC5B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5B5
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 181)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 8.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -37.72, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 37.78, 183.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.1107 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.111 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1269, 44.7212, 50.6987)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5B5 #C54A5A

analogous

#4AC577 #4AC5B5 #4A97C5

triadic

#4AC5B5 #B54AC5 #C5B54A

tetradic

#4AC5B5 #774AC5 #C54A5A #97C54A

square

#4AC5B5 #774AC5 #C54A5A #97C54A

split-complementary

#4AC5B5 #C54A97 #C5774A

monochromatic

#247167 #339F91 #4AC5B5 #78D4C8 #A7E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#4AC5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#4AC5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5B5

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5B5	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7cb',
    500: '#4ac5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5b5;
$custom-light: #8ad7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.195,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5B5

secondary

#D09BA2

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5B5

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

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