#4ABA9C#4ABA9C

#4ABA9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABA9C
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 156)
HSL	hsl(164, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 16.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -39.07, 5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 39.49, 171.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1104 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.111 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3808, 38.9713, 37.5780)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABA9C #BA4A68

analogous

#4ABA64 #4ABA9C #4AA0BA

triadic

#4ABA9C #9C4ABA #BA9C4A

tetradic

#4ABA9C #644ABA #BA4A68 #A0BA4A

square

#4ABA9C #644ABA #BA4A68 #A0BA4A

split-complementary

#4ABA9C #BA4AA0 #BA644A

monochromatic

#266453 #379078 #4ABA9C #76CBB4 #A3DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4ABA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4ABA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABA9C

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABA9C	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)

#B4AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aba9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfb9',
    500: '#4aba9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aba9c;
$custom-light: #88cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aba9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.929,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71642,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABA9C

secondary

#C997A4

accent

#5376D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABA9C

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

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