#4AB8A9#4AB8A9

#4AB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8A9
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -34.87, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 34.91, 182.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.1023 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.102 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1227, 38.5986, 43.5493)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8A9 #B84A59

analogous

#4AB872 #4AB8A9 #4A90B8

triadic

#4AB8A9 #A94AB8 #B8A94A

tetradic

#4AB8A9 #724AB8 #B84A59 #90B84A

square

#4AB8A9 #724AB8 #B84A59 #90B84A

split-complementary

#4AB8A9 #B84A90 #B8724A

monochromatic

#266159 #378D82 #4AB8A9 #76C9BE #A2DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4AB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4AB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8A9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8A9	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec2',
    500: '#4ab8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8a9;
$custom-light: #88cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71533,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8A9

secondary

#C7969D

accent

#5466D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8A9

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

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