#4AB4A0#4AB4A0

#4AB4A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4A0
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 160)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 11.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -35.34, 1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 35.35, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.102 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.102 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4876, 36.6339, 38.9787)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4A0 #B44A5E

analogous

#4AB46B #4AB4A0 #4A93B4

triadic

#4AB4A0 #A04AB4 #B4A04A

tetradic

#4AB4A0 #6B4AB4 #B44A5E #93B44A

square

#4AB4A0 #6B4AB4 #B44A5E #93B44A

split-complementary

#4AB4A0 #B44A93 #B46B4A

monochromatic

#265D53 #388979 #4AB4A0 #75C6B7 #A0D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4AB4A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#4AB4A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4A0

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4A0	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)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbbc',
    500: '#4ab4a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4a0;
$custom-light: #87cbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70269,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4A0

secondary

#C5959E

accent

#566ED2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4A0

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

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