#4AC9B6#4AC9B6

#4AC9B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9B6
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 182)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 9.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -39.27, -0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 39.28, 181.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.1144 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.114 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1502, 46.6031, 51.5478)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9B6 #C94A5D

analogous

#4AC977 #4AC9B6 #4A9DC9

triadic

#4AC9B6 #B64AC9 #C9B64A

tetradic

#4AC9B6 #774AC9 #C94A5D #9DC94A

square

#4AC9B6 #774AC9 #C94A5D #9DC94A

split-complementary

#4AC9B6 #C94A9D #C9774A

monochromatic

#237669 #31A593 #4AC9B6 #79D7C9 #A8E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4AC9B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#4AC9B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9B6

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9B6	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdacb',
    500: '#4ac9b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9b6;
$custom-light: #8bdacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.024,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9B6

secondary

#D29CA4

accent

#4A60DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9B6

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

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