#4AB8B2#4AB8B2

#4AB8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8B2
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -32.47, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 33.07, 191.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0983 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.1 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9969, 38.9483, 48.1532)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8B2 #B84A50

analogous

#4AB87B #4AB8B2 #4A87B8

triadic

#4AB8B2 #B24AB8 #B8B24A

tetradic

#4AB8B2 #7B4AB8 #B84A50 #87B84A

square

#4AB8B2 #7B4AB8 #B84A50 #87B84A

split-complementary

#4AB8B2 #B84A87 #B87B4A

monochromatic

#26615E #378D89 #4AB8B2 #76C9C5 #A2DAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4AB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8B2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8B2	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec9',
    500: '#4ab8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8b2;
$custom-light: #89cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.727,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71824,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8B2

secondary

#C79699

accent

#545BD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8B2

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

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