#4AB8B3#4AB8B3

#4AB8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.100 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8B3
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -32.19, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 32.91, 191.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0978 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.1 191)
XYZ	xyz(28.0976, 38.9886, 48.6839)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8B3 #B84A4F

analogous

#4AB87C #4AB8B3 #4A86B8

triadic

#4AB8B3 #B34AB8 #B8B34A

tetradic

#4AB8B3 #7C4AB8 #B84A4F #86B84A

square

#4AB8B3 #7C4AB8 #B84A4F #86B84A

split-complementary

#4AB8B3 #B84A86 #B87C4A

monochromatic

#26615F #378D89 #4AB8B3 #76C9C5 #A2DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4AB8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8B3

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8B3	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.100 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec9',
    500: '#4ab8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8b3;
$custom-light: #89cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71857,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.38991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8B3

secondary

#C79699

accent

#545AD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8B3

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

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