#4AC9B9#4AC9B9

#4AC9B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9B9
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -38.49, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 38.56, 183.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.1131 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.113 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4636, 46.7284, 53.1981)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9B9 #C94A5A

analogous

#4AC97A #4AC9B9 #4A9AC9

triadic

#4AC9B9 #B94AC9 #C9B94A

tetradic

#4AC9B9 #7A4AC9 #C94A5A #9AC94A

square

#4AC9B9 #7A4AC9 #C94A5A #9AC94A

split-complementary

#4AC9B9 #C94A9A #C97A4A

monochromatic

#23766B #31A596 #4AC9B9 #79D7CB #A8E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4AC9B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4AC9B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9B9

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9B9	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdace',
    500: '#4ac9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9b9;
$custom-light: #8bdace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.441,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76191,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9B9

secondary

#D29CA3

accent

#4A5DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9B9

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

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