#4AC9BD#4AC9BD

#4AC9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9BD
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -37.44, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 37.68, 186.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.1113 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.112 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8918, 46.8997, 55.4533)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9BD #C94A56

analogous

#4AC97E #4AC9BD #4A96C9

triadic

#4AC9BD #BD4AC9 #C9BD4A

tetradic

#4AC9BD #7E4AC9 #C94A56 #96C94A

square

#4AC9BD #7E4AC9 #C94A56 #96C94A

split-complementary

#4AC9BD #C94A96 #C97E4A

monochromatic

#23766E #31A59A #4AC9BD #79D7CE #A8E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4AC9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#4AC9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9BD

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9BD	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad0',
    500: '#4ac9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9bd;
$custom-light: #8bdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.331,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76316,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9BD

secondary

#D29CA1

accent

#4A58DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9BD

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

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