#4CA99D#4CA99D

#4CA99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.090 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA99D
RGB	rgb(76, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -30.51, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 30.59, 184.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.09 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.09 184)
XYZ	xyz(23.2516, 32.3445, 36.9095)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA99D #A94C58

analogous

#4CA96E #4CA99D #4C86A9

triadic

#4CA99D #9D4CA9 #A99D4C

tetradic

#4CA99D #6E4CA9 #A94C58 #86A94C

square

#4CA99D #6E4CA9 #A94C58 #86A94C

split-complementary

#4CA99D #A94C86 #A96E4C

monochromatic

#26554F #397F76 #4CA99D #72C0B6 #9DD3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4CA99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#4CA99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA99D

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA99D	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.090 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3b9',
    500: '#4ca99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca99d;
$custom-light: #87c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67522,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.32347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA99D

secondary

#BF9197

accent

#5A69CE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA99D

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

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