#4AB4B3#4AB4B3

#4AB4B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4B3
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 179)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -30.27, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 31.47, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0935 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.097 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2785, 37.3502, 48.4108)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4B3 #B44A4B

analogous

#4AB47E #4AB4B3 #4A80B4

triadic

#4AB4B3 #B34AB4 #B4B34A

tetradic

#4AB4B3 #7E4AB4 #B44A4B #80B44A

square

#4AB4B3 #7E4AB4 #B44A4B #80B44A

split-complementary

#4AB4B3 #B44A80 #B47E4A

monochromatic

#265D5D #388988 #4AB4B3 #75C6C5 #A0D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4AB4B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#4AB4B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4B3

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4B3	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc9',
    500: '#4ab4b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4b3;
$custom-light: #88cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.434,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70883,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4B3

secondary

#C59595

accent

#5657D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4B3

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

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