#4AB5AC#4AB5AC

#4AB5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5AC
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -32.66, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 32.99, 188.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0977 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.099 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7910, 37.4794, 44.8441)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5AC #B54A53

analogous

#4AB576 #4AB5AC #4A89B5

triadic

#4AB5AC #AC4AB5 #B5AC4A

tetradic

#4AB5AC #764AB5 #B54A53 #89B54A

square

#4AB5AC #764AB5 #B54A53 #89B54A

split-complementary

#4AB5AC #B54A89 #B5764A

monochromatic

#265E59 #388A83 #4AB5AC #75C7C0 #A1D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4AB5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#4AB5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5AC

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5AC	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc4',
    500: '#4ab5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5ac;
$custom-light: #88cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.953,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70893,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5AC

secondary

#C59599

accent

#5660D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5AC

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

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