#4AB4B4#4AB4B4

#4AB4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.096 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4B4
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 180)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -29.99, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 31.35, 196.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0931 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.096 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3800, 37.3908, 48.9454)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4B4 #B44A4A

analogous

#4AB47F #4AB4B4 #4A7FB4

triadic

#4AB4B4 #B44AB4 #B4B44A

tetradic

#4AB4B4 #7F4AB4 #B44A4A #7FB44A

square

#4AB4B4 #7F4AB4 #B44A4A #7FB44A

split-complementary

#4AB4B4 #B44A7F #B47F4A

monochromatic

#265D5D #388989 #4AB4B4 #75C6C6 #A0D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4AB4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#4AB4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4B4

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4B4	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.096 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbca',
    500: '#4ab4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4b4;
$custom-light: #88cbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70917,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4B4

secondary

#C59595

accent

#5656D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4B4

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

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