#4AB8AA#4AB8AA

#4AB8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.102 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AB8AA
RGBrgb(74, 184, 170)
HSLhsl(172, 44%, 51%)
HSVhsv(172, 60%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(59.8%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.49, -34.61, -2.25)
CIE-LCHlch(68.49, 34.68, 183.72°)
OKLaboklab(71.57% -0.1018 -0.0066)
OKLCHoklch(71.57% 0.102 183.7)
XYZxyz(27.2170, 38.6363, 44.0456)
Luminance0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AB8AA #B84A58
analogous
#4AB873 #4AB8AA #4A8FB8
triadic
#4AB8AA #AA4AB8 #B8AA4A
tetradic
#4AB8AA #734AB8 #B84A58 #8FB84A
square
#4AB8AA #734AB8 #B84A58 #8FB84A
split-complementary
#4AB8AA #B84A8F #B8734A
monochromatic
#26615A #378D82 #4AB8AA #76C9BF #A2DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#4AB8AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73
#4AB8AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8AA
8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AB8AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AB8AA1.002.418.738.73
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7321.001.001.00
##0000008.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0AEAA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FA2AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ab8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.102 183.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec3',
    500: '#4ab8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ab8aa;
$custom-light: #88cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ab8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.364,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71565,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AB8AA
secondary
#C7969D
accent
#5465D3
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F7
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1312
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

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#4AB8AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva