#4AB5A2#4AB5A2

#4AB5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.102 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5A2
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -35.29, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 35.29, 179.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.1022 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.102 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8665, 37.1096, 39.9751)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5A2 #B54A5D

analogous

#4AB56D #4AB5A2 #4A92B5

triadic

#4AB5A2 #A24AB5 #B5A24A

tetradic

#4AB5A2 #6D4AB5 #B54A5D #92B54A

square

#4AB5A2 #6D4AB5 #B54A5D #92B54A

split-complementary

#4AB5A2 #B54A92 #B56D4A

monochromatic

#265E54 #388A7B #4AB5A2 #75C7B8 #A1D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4AB5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#4AB5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5A2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5A2	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEABA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.102 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbbd',
    500: '#4ab5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5a2;
$custom-light: #87cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.346,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70577,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5A2

secondary

#C5959E

accent

#566CD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5A2

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

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