#4AC9B8#4AC9B8

#4AC9B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9B8
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 184)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -38.75, -1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 38.80, 182.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.1135 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.114 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3584, 46.6863, 52.6441)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9B8 #C94A5B

analogous

#4AC979 #4AC9B8 #4A9BC9

triadic

#4AC9B8 #B84AC9 #C9B84A

tetradic

#4AC9B8 #794AC9 #C94A5B #9BC94A

square

#4AC9B8 #794AC9 #C94A5B #9BC94A

split-complementary

#4AC9B8 #C94A9B #C9794A

monochromatic

#23766A #31A595 #4AC9B8 #79D7CA #A8E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4AC9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#4AC9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9B8

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9B8	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdacd',
    500: '#4ac9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9b8;
$custom-light: #8bdacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.969,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7616,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9B8

secondary

#D29CA4

accent

#4A5EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9B8

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

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