#4AC9A6#4AC9A6

#4AC9A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9A6
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 166)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 17.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -43.26, 7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 43.87, 170.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.1217 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.123 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5902, 45.9791, 43.3317)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9A6 #C94A6D

analogous

#4AC967 #4AC9A6 #4AADC9

triadic

#4AC9A6 #A64AC9 #C9A64A

tetradic

#4AC9A6 #674AC9 #C94A6D #ADC94A

square

#4AC9A6 #674AC9 #C94A6D #ADC94A

split-complementary

#4AC9A6 #C94AAD #C9674A

monochromatic

#23765F #31A585 #4AC9A6 #79D7BD #A8E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4AC9A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#4AC9A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9A6

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9A6	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adac0',
    500: '#4ac9a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9a6;
$custom-light: #8adac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.465,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75636,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9A6

secondary

#D29CAB

accent

#4A73DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9A6

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

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