#4AC9AE#4AC9AE

#4AC9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9AE
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -41.31, 3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 41.43, 175.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.1181 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.118 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3470, 46.2818, 47.3174)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9AE #C94A65

analogous

#4AC96F #4AC9AE #4AA5C9

triadic

#4AC9AE #AE4AC9 #C9AE4A

tetradic

#4AC9AE #6F4AC9 #C94A65 #A5C94A

square

#4AC9AE #6F4AC9 #C94A65 #A5C94A

split-complementary

#4AC9AE #C94AA5 #C96F4A

monochromatic

#237664 #31A58C #4AC9AE #79D7C3 #A8E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4AC9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#4AC9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9AE

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9AE	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adac6',
    500: '#4ac9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9ae;
$custom-light: #8adac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.244,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75861,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9AE

secondary

#D29CA8

accent

#4A6ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9AE

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

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