#4AB8AB#4AB8AB

#4AB8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.102 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8AB
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -34.34, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 34.45, 184.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1014 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.102 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3119, 38.6743, 44.5457)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8AB #B84A57

analogous

#4AB874 #4AB8AB #4A8EB8

triadic

#4AB8AB #AB4AB8 #B8AB4A

tetradic

#4AB8AB #744AB8 #B84A57 #8EB84A

square

#4AB8AB #744AB8 #B84A57 #8EB84A

split-complementary

#4AB8AB #B84A8E #B8744A

monochromatic

#26615A #378D83 #4AB8AB #76C9BF #A2DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4AB8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8AB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8AB	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.102 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec3',
    500: '#4ab8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8ab;
$custom-light: #88cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.909,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71596,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8AB

secondary

#C7969C

accent

#5463D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8AB

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

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