#4AC9BC#4AC9BC

#4AC9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9BC
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -37.70, -3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 37.89, 185.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.1117 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.112 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7836, 46.8564, 54.8836)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9BC #C94A57

analogous

#4AC97D #4AC9BC #4A97C9

triadic

#4AC9BC #BC4AC9 #C9BC4A

tetradic

#4AC9BC #7D4AC9 #C94A57 #97C94A

square

#4AC9BC #7D4AC9 #C94A57 #97C94A

split-complementary

#4AC9BC #C94A97 #C97D4A

monochromatic

#23766D #31A599 #4AC9BC #79D7CD #A8E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4AC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#4AC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9BC

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9BC	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad0',
    500: '#4ac9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9bc;
$custom-light: #8bdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.858,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76285,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9BC

secondary

#D29CA2

accent

#4A59DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9BC

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

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