#4AC9CE#4AC9CE

#4AC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC9CE
RGB	rgb(74, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -32.76, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 35.17, 201.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.1039 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8464, 47.6815, 65.7475)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC9CE #CE4F4A

analogous

#4ACE91 #4AC9CE #4A87CE

triadic

#4AC9CE #CE4AC9 #C9CE4A

tetradic

#4AC9CE #914ACE #CE4F4A #87CE4A

square

#4AC9CE #914ACE #CE4F4A #87CE4A

split-complementary

#4AC9CE #CE4A87 #CE914A

monochromatic

#22797C #2FA7AC #4AC9CE #7AD7DB #AAE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4AC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#4AC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC9CE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC9CE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddadc',
    500: '#4ac9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac9ce;
$custom-light: #8ddadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.273,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76885,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC9CE

secondary

#D6A09E

accent

#4D47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC9CE

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

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