#4AC9AC#4AC9AC

#4AC9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9AC
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 14.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -41.80, 4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 42.01, 174.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.119 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.119 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1535, 46.2044, 46.2982)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9AC #C94A67

analogous

#4AC96D #4AC9AC #4AA7C9

triadic

#4AC9AC #AC4AC9 #C9AC4A

tetradic

#4AC9AC #6D4AC9 #C94A67 #A7C94A

square

#4AC9AC #6D4AC9 #C94A67 #A7C94A

split-complementary

#4AC9AC #C94AA7 #C96D4A

monochromatic

#237663 #31A58A #4AC9AC #79D7C2 #A8E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4AC9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#4AC9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9AC

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9AC	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adac4',
    500: '#4ac9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9ac;
$custom-light: #8adac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.299,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75804,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9AC

secondary

#D29CA9

accent

#4A6CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9AC

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

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