#4AC9B5#4AC9B5

#4AC9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9B5
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 181)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 10%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -39.53, -0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 39.53, 180.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.1149 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.115 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0473, 46.5619, 51.0055)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9B5 #C94A5E

analogous

#4AC976 #4AC9B5 #4A9EC9

triadic

#4AC9B5 #B54AC9 #C9B54A

tetradic

#4AC9B5 #764AC9 #C94A5E #9EC94A

square

#4AC9B5 #764AC9 #C94A5E #9EC94A

split-complementary

#4AC9B5 #C94A9E #C9764A

monochromatic

#237669 #31A592 #4AC9B5 #79D7C8 #A8E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4AC9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#4AC9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9B5

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9B5	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdacb',
    500: '#4ac9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9b5;
$custom-light: #8bdacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.551,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76068,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9B5

secondary

#D29CA5

accent

#4A62DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9B5

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

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