#4AB2AC#4AB2AC

#4AB2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2AC
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(177, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -31.23, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 31.79, 190.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0945 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.096 190)
XYZ	xyz(26.1876, 36.2725, 44.6429)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2AC #B24A50

analogous

#4AB278 #4AB2AC #4A84B2

triadic

#4AB2AC #AC4AB2 #B2AC4A

tetradic

#4AB2AC #784AB2 #B24A50 #84B24A

square

#4AB2AC #784AB2 #B24A50 #84B24A

split-complementary

#4AB2AC #B24A84 #B2784A

monochromatic

#265C58 #388782 #4AB2AC #74C5C1 #9FD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4AB2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#4AB2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2AC

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2AC	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c4',
    500: '#4ab2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2ac;
$custom-light: #87c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.538,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70157,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.36275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2AC

secondary

#C49497

accent

#575ED1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2AC

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

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