#4AB5AF#4AB5AF

#4AB5AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5AF
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 175)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 3.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -31.85, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 32.44, 190.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0964 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.098 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0824, 37.5960, 46.3786)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5AF #B54A50

analogous

#4AB57A #4AB5AF #4A85B5

triadic

#4AB5AF #AF4AB5 #B5AF4A

tetradic

#4AB5AF #7A4AB5 #B54A50 #85B54A

square

#4AB5AF #7A4AB5 #B54A50 #85B54A

split-complementary

#4AB5AF #B54A85 #B57A4A

monochromatic

#265E5B #388A85 #4AB5AF #75C7C2 #A1D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4AB5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#4AB5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5AF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5AF	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc6',
    500: '#4ab5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5af;
$custom-light: #88cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.636,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70991,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5AF

secondary

#C59598

accent

#565DD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5AF

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

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