#4AC5B9#4AC5B9

#4AC5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.110 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC5B9
RGB	rgb(74, 197, 185)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 6.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -36.66, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 36.89, 186.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.1089 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.11 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5433, 44.8878, 52.8914)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC5B9 #C54A56

analogous

#4AC57B #4AC5B9 #4A94C5

triadic

#4AC5B9 #B94AC5 #C5B94A

tetradic

#4AC5B9 #7B4AC5 #C54A56 #94C54A

square

#4AC5B9 #7B4AC5 #C54A56 #94C54A

split-complementary

#4AC5B9 #C54A94 #C57B4A

monochromatic

#247169 #339F94 #4AC5B9 #78D4CB #A7E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#4AC5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#4AC5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC5B9

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC5B9	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 197, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.110 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7ce',
    500: '#4ac5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac5b9;
$custom-light: #8ad7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75218,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC5B9

secondary

#D09BA0

accent

#4D5BDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC5B9

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

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