#4AC9CB#4AC9CB

#4AC9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.110 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9CB
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -33.61, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 35.46, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.1052 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.11 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4854, 47.5371, 63.8465)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9CB #CB4C4A

analogous

#4ACB8D #4AC9CB #4A89CB

triadic

#4AC9CB #CB4AC9 #C9CB4A

tetradic

#4AC9CB #8D4ACB #CB4C4A #89CB4A

square

#4AC9CB #8D4ACB #CB4C4A #89CB4A

split-complementary

#4AC9CB #CB4A89 #CB8D4A

monochromatic

#237778 #30A6A8 #4AC9CB #7AD7D9 #A9E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4AC9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#4AC9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9CB

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9CB	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.110 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdada',
    500: '#4ac9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9cb;
$custom-light: #8cdada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.93,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76781,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9CB

secondary

#D49E9D

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9CB

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

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