#4AC9AD#4AC9AD

#4AC9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9AD
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 13.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -41.55, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 41.72, 174.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.1185 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.119 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2499, 46.2429, 46.8059)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9AD #C94A66

analogous

#4AC96E #4AC9AD #4AA6C9

triadic

#4AC9AD #AD4AC9 #C9AD4A

tetradic

#4AC9AD #6E4AC9 #C94A66 #A6C94A

square

#4AC9AD #6E4AC9 #C94A66 #A6C94A

split-complementary

#4AC9AD #C94AA6 #C96E4A

monochromatic

#237663 #31A58B #4AC9AD #79D7C2 #A8E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4AC9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#4AC9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9AD

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9AD	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)

#C2BDAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adac5',
    500: '#4ac9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9ad;
$custom-light: #8adac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.772,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75832,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9AD

secondary

#D29CA8

accent

#4A6BDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9AD

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

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