#4AB3AC#4AB3AC

#4AB3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.097 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3AC
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -31.71, -5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 32.18, 189.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0955 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.097 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3873, 36.6719, 44.7095)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3AC #B34A51

analogous

#4AB378 #4AB3AC #4A86B3

triadic

#4AB3AC #AC4AB3 #B3AC4A

tetradic

#4AB3AC #784AB3 #B34A51 #86B34A

square

#4AB3AC #784AB3 #B34A51 #86B34A

split-complementary

#4AB3AC #B34A86 #B3784A

monochromatic

#265C59 #388882 #4AB3AC #74C6C0 #A0D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4AB3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#4AB3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3AC

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3AC	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.097 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cac4',
    500: '#4ab3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3ac;
$custom-light: #88cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70402,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3AC

secondary

#C49498

accent

#565FD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3AC

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

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