#4AB4AC#4AB4AC

#4AB4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4AC
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -32.19, -5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 32.58, 188.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0966 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.098 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5884, 37.0742, 44.7765)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4AC #B44A52

analogous

#4AB477 #4AB4AC #4A87B4

triadic

#4AB4AC #AC4AB4 #B4AC4A

tetradic

#4AB4AC #774AB4 #B44A52 #87B44A

square

#4AB4AC #774AB4 #B44A52 #87B44A

split-complementary

#4AB4AC #B44A87 #B4774A

monochromatic

#265D59 #388983 #4AB4AC #75C6C0 #A0D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#4AB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#4AB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4AC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4AC	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc4',
    500: '#4ab4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4ac;
$custom-light: #88cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.472,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4AC

secondary

#C59599

accent

#5660D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4AC

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

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