#4AB4A5#4AB4A5

#4AB4A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4A5
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 8.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -34.05, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 34.08, 182.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0998 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.1 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9338, 36.8124, 41.3288)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4A5 #B44A59

analogous

#4AB470 #4AB4A5 #4A8EB4

triadic

#4AB4A5 #A54AB4 #B4A54A

tetradic

#4AB4A5 #704AB4 #B44A59 #8EB44A

square

#4AB4A5 #704AB4 #B44A59 #8EB44A

split-complementary

#4AB4A5 #B44A8E #B4704A

monochromatic

#265D55 #38897D #4AB4A5 #75C6BB #A0D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4AB4A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#4AB4A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4A5

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4A5	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbbf',
    500: '#4ab4a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4a5;
$custom-light: #87cbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.509,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70423,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4A5

secondary

#C5959C

accent

#5668D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4A5

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

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