#4AC9B2#4AC9B2

#4AC9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9B2
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 11.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -40.30, 1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 40.32, 178.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.1162 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.116 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7428, 46.4401, 49.4018)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9B2 #C94A61

analogous

#4AC973 #4AC9B2 #4AA1C9

triadic

#4AC9B2 #B24AC9 #C9B24A

tetradic

#4AC9B2 #734AC9 #C94A61 #A1C94A

square

#4AC9B2 #734AC9 #C94A61 #A1C94A

split-complementary

#4AC9B2 #C94AA1 #C9734A

monochromatic

#237667 #31A590 #4AC9B2 #79D7C6 #A8E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4AC9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#4AC9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9B2

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9B2	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdac9',
    500: '#4ac9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9b2;
$custom-light: #8bdac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.134,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75978,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9B2

secondary

#D29CA6

accent

#4A65DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9B2

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

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