#4AB4AE#4AB4AE

#4AB4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4AE
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -31.65, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 32.22, 190.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0957 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.097 190)
XYZ	xyz(26.7819, 37.1516, 45.7957)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4AE #B44A50

analogous

#4AB479 #4AB4AE #4A85B4

triadic

#4AB4AE #AE4AB4 #B4AE4A

tetradic

#4AB4AE #794AB4 #B44A50 #85B44A

square

#4AB4AE #794AB4 #B44A50 #85B44A

split-complementary

#4AB4AE #B44A85 #B4794A

monochromatic

#265D5A #388984 #4AB4AE #75C6C2 #A0D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4AB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#4AB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4AE

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4AE	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc6',
    500: '#4ab4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4ae;
$custom-light: #88cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.37154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4AE

secondary

#C59598

accent

#565DD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4AE

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

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