#4AB8A8#4AB8A8

#4AB8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8A8
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -35.13, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 35.15, 182.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.1027 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.103 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0292, 38.5612, 43.0568)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8A8 #B84A5A

analogous

#4AB871 #4AB8A8 #4A91B8

triadic

#4AB8A8 #A84AB8 #B8A84A

tetradic

#4AB8A8 #714AB8 #B84A5A #91B84A

square

#4AB8A8 #714AB8 #B84A5A #91B84A

split-complementary

#4AB8A8 #B84A91 #B8714A

monochromatic

#266159 #378D81 #4AB8A8 #76C9BD #A2DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4AB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4AB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8A8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8A8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec1',
    500: '#4ab8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8a8;
$custom-light: #88cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.273,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71502,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8A8

secondary

#C7969E

accent

#5467D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8A8

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

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