#4AC9BA#4AC9BA

#4AC9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9BA
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -38.23, -2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 38.33, 184.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.1126 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.113 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5695, 46.7708, 53.7561)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9BA #C94A59

analogous

#4AC97B #4AC9BA #4A99C9

triadic

#4AC9BA #BA4AC9 #C9BA4A

tetradic

#4AC9BA #7B4AC9 #C94A59 #99C94A

square

#4AC9BA #7B4AC9 #C94A59 #99C94A

split-complementary

#4AC9BA #C94A99 #C97B4A

monochromatic

#23766C #31A597 #4AC9BA #79D7CC #A8E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4AC9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4AC9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9BA

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9BA	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)

#C0BEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdace',
    500: '#4ac9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9ba;
$custom-light: #8bdace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.913,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76222,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9BA

secondary

#D29CA3

accent

#4A5CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9BA

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

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