#4AB8A2#4AB8A2

#4AB8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8A2
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -36.67, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 36.72, 177.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1055 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.106 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4831, 38.3428, 40.1806)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8A2 #B84A60

analogous

#4AB86B #4AB8A2 #4A97B8

triadic

#4AB8A2 #A24AB8 #B8A24A

tetradic

#4AB8A2 #6B4AB8 #B84A60 #97B84A

square

#4AB8A2 #6B4AB8 #B84A60 #97B84A

split-complementary

#4AB8A2 #B84A97 #B86B4A

monochromatic

#266156 #378D7C #4AB8A2 #76C9B9 #A2DACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4AB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4AB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8A2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8A2	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cebd',
    500: '#4ab8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8a2;
$custom-light: #88cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71319,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8A2

secondary

#C796A0

accent

#546ED3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8A2

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

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