#4AB9B2#4AB9B2

#4AB9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.101 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9B2
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -32.94, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 33.46, 190.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0993 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.101 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2053, 39.3652, 48.2226)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9B2 #B94A51

analogous

#4AB97A #4AB9B2 #4A88B9

triadic

#4AB9B2 #B24AB9 #B9B24A

tetradic

#4AB9B2 #7A4AB9 #B94A51 #88B94A

square

#4AB9B2 #7A4AB9 #B94A51 #88B94A

split-complementary

#4AB9B2 #B94A88 #B97A4A

monochromatic

#26635F #378F89 #4AB9B2 #76CAC5 #A2DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4AB9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4AB9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9B2

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9B2	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.101 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec9',
    500: '#4ab9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9b2;
$custom-light: #89cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.216,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9B2

secondary

#C8979A

accent

#545CD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9B2

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

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