#4AB5AE#4AB5AE

#4AB5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5AE
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -32.12, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 32.61, 189.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0968 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.098 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9845, 37.5568, 45.8633)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5AE #B54A51

analogous

#4AB579 #4AB5AE #4A86B5

triadic

#4AB5AE #AE4AB5 #B5AE4A

tetradic

#4AB5AE #794AB5 #B54A51 #86B54A

square

#4AB5AE #794AB5 #B54A51 #86B54A

split-complementary

#4AB5AE #B54A86 #B5794A

monochromatic

#265E5A #388A84 #4AB5AE #75C7C1 #A1D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4AB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#4AB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5AE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5AE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc6',
    500: '#4ab5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5ae;
$custom-light: #88cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.075,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70958,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5AE

secondary

#C59599

accent

#565ED2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5AE

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

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