#4AC8B9#4AC8B9

#4AC8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC8B9
RGB	rgb(74, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -38.04, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 38.14, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.112 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.112 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2312, 46.2637, 53.1207)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC8B9 #C84A59

analogous

#4AC87A #4AC8B9 #4A98C8

triadic

#4AC8B9 #B94AC8 #C8B94A

tetradic

#4AC8B9 #7A4AC8 #C84A59 #98C84A

square

#4AC8B9 #7A4AC8 #C84A59 #98C84A

split-complementary

#4AC8B9 #C84A98 #C87A4A

monochromatic

#23746B #32A396 #4AC8B9 #79D6CB #A8E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4AC8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#4AC8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC8B9

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC8B9	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9ce',
    500: '#4ac8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac8b9;
$custom-light: #8bd9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.857,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75947,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC8B9

secondary

#D29CA2

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC8B9

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

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