#4AB5B3#4AB5B3

#4AB5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5B3
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 179)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -30.75, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 31.82, 194.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0946 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.097 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4811, 37.7554, 48.4783)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5B3 #B54A4C

analogous

#4AB57E #4AB5B3 #4A81B5

triadic

#4AB5B3 #B34AB5 #B5B34A

tetradic

#4AB5B3 #7E4AB5 #B54A4C #81B54A

square

#4AB5B3 #7E4AB5 #B54A4C #81B54A

split-complementary

#4AB5B3 #B54A81 #B57E4A

monochromatic

#265E5D #388A88 #4AB5B3 #75C7C5 #A1D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4AB5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#4AB5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5B3

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5B3	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc9',
    500: '#4ab5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5b3;
$custom-light: #88cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.879,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71126,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5B3

secondary

#C59596

accent

#5658D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5B3

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

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