#4AB4B5#4AB4B5

#4AB4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.096 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4B5
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 181)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -29.71, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 31.24, 197.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0927 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.096 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4822, 37.4317, 49.4838)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4B5 #B54B4A

analogous

#4AB581 #4AB4B5 #4A7EB5

triadic

#4AB4B5 #B54AB4 #B4B54A

tetradic

#4AB4B5 #814AB5 #B54B4A #7EB54A

square

#4AB4B5 #814AB5 #B54B4A #7EB54A

split-complementary

#4AB4B5 #B54A7E #B5814A

monochromatic

#265E5E #38898A #4AB4B5 #75C6C7 #A1D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4AB4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#4AB4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4B5

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4B5	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.096 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbcb',
    500: '#4ab4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4b5;
$custom-light: #88cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70952,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4B5

secondary

#C59695

accent

#5756D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4B5

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

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