#4CAA8A#4CAA8A

#4CAA8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.102 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAA8A
RGB	rgb(76, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(160, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -35.70, 8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 36.62, 167.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0999 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.102 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9405, 32.1189, 29.0832)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAA8A #AA4C6C

analogous

#4CAA5B #4CAA8A #4C9BAA

triadic

#4CAA8A #8A4CAA #AA8A4C

tetradic

#4CAA8A #5B4CAA #AA4C6C #9BAA4C

square

#4CAA8A #5B4CAA #AA4C6C #9BAA4C

split-complementary

#4CAA8A #AA4C9B #AA5B4C

monochromatic

#265545 #398068 #4CAA8A #73C0A6 #9DD3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4CAA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#4CAA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAA8A

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAA8A	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.102 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4ac',
    500: '#4caa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caa8a;
$custom-light: #86c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.574,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67208,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAA8A

secondary

#C092A2

accent

#5A81CE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAA8A

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

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