#4AB9A2#4AB9A2

#4AB9A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9A2
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 12.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -37.13, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 37.20, 176.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1066 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.107 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6916, 38.7597, 40.2501)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9A2 #B94A61

analogous

#4AB96A #4AB9A2 #4A98B9

triadic

#4AB9A2 #A24AB9 #B9A24A

tetradic

#4AB9A2 #6A4AB9 #B94A61 #98B94A

square

#4AB9A2 #6A4AB9 #B94A61 #98B94A

split-complementary

#4AB9A2 #B94A98 #B96A4A

monochromatic

#266356 #378F7D #4AB9A2 #76CAB9 #A2DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4AB9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9A2

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9A2	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cebd',
    500: '#4ab9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9a2;
$custom-light: #88cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.568,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9A2

secondary

#C897A1

accent

#546ED4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9A2

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

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