#4AC9BF#4AC9BF

#4AC9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.111 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9BF
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -36.90, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 37.28, 188.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.1104 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.111 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1104, 46.9871, 56.6046)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9BF #C94A54

analogous

#4AC980 #4AC9BF #4A94C9

triadic

#4AC9BF #BF4AC9 #C9BF4A

tetradic

#4AC9BF #804AC9 #C94A54 #94C94A

square

#4AC9BF #804AC9 #C94A54 #94C94A

split-complementary

#4AC9BF #C94A94 #C9804A

monochromatic

#23766F #31A59C #4AC9BF #79D7D0 #A8E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4AC9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#4AC9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9BF

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9BF	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.111 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad2',
    500: '#4ac9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9bf;
$custom-light: #8bdad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.276,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7638,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9BF

secondary

#D29CA1

accent

#4A56DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9BF

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

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