#4AB8AE#4AB8AE

#4AB8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8AE
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -33.55, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 33.82, 187.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.101 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6011, 38.7900, 46.0688)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8AE #B84A54

analogous

#4AB877 #4AB8AE #4A8BB8

triadic

#4AB8AE #AE4AB8 #B8AE4A

tetradic

#4AB8AE #774AB8 #B84A54 #8BB84A

square

#4AB8AE #774AB8 #B84A54 #8BB84A

split-complementary

#4AB8AE #B84A8B #B8774A

monochromatic

#26615C #378D86 #4AB8AE #76C9C2 #A2DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4AB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8AE

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8AE	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec6',
    500: '#4ab8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8ae;
$custom-light: #88cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71692,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8AE

secondary

#C7969B

accent

#5460D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8AE

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

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