#4AC9AB#4AC9AB

#4AC9AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9AB
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -42.05, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 42.31, 173.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.1194 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.12 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0578, 46.1661, 45.7943)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9AB #C94A68

analogous

#4AC96C #4AC9AB #4AA8C9

triadic

#4AC9AB #AB4AC9 #C9AB4A

tetradic

#4AC9AB #6C4AC9 #C94A68 #A8C94A

square

#4AC9AB #6C4AC9 #C94A68 #A8C94A

split-complementary

#4AC9AB #C94AA8 #C96C4A

monochromatic

#237662 #31A589 #4AC9AB #79D7C1 #A8E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4AC9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#4AC9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9AB

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9AB	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adac4',
    500: '#4ac9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9ab;
$custom-light: #8adac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.827,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75775,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9AB

secondary

#D29CA9

accent

#4A6DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9AB

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

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