#4AB4B2#4AB4B2

#4AB4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.097 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4B2
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -30.55, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 31.61, 194.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.094 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.097 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1777, 37.3099, 47.8801)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4B2 #B44A4C

analogous

#4AB47D #4AB4B2 #4A81B4

triadic

#4AB4B2 #B24AB4 #B4B24A

tetradic

#4AB4B2 #7D4AB4 #B44A4C #81B44A

square

#4AB4B2 #7D4AB4 #B44A4C #81B44A

split-complementary

#4AB4B2 #B44A81 #B47D4A

monochromatic

#265D5C #388987 #4AB4B2 #75C6C5 #A0D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4AB4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#4AB4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4B2

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4B2	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.097 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc9',
    500: '#4ab4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4b2;
$custom-light: #88cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70849,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4B2

secondary

#C59596

accent

#5659D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4B2

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

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