#4AB8B0#4AB8B0

#4AB8B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8B0
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 176)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -33.01, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.43, 189.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0992 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.1 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7975, 38.8685, 47.1033)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8B0 #B84A52

analogous

#4AB879 #4AB8B0 #4A89B8

triadic

#4AB8B0 #B04AB8 #B8B04A

tetradic

#4AB8B0 #794AB8 #B84A52 #89B84A

square

#4AB8B0 #794AB8 #B84A52 #89B84A

split-complementary

#4AB8B0 #B84A89 #B8794A

monochromatic

#26615D #378D87 #4AB8B0 #76C9C3 #A2DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4AB8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8B0

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8B0	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec7',
    500: '#4ab8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8b0;
$custom-light: #88cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71758,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8B0

secondary

#C7969A

accent

#545ED3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8B0

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

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