#4ABA9E#4ABA9E

#4ABA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABA9E
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -38.58, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 38.87, 172.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.1095 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.11 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5516, 39.0396, 38.4772)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABA9E #BA4A66

analogous

#4ABA66 #4ABA9E #4A9EBA

triadic

#4ABA9E #9E4ABA #BA9E4A

tetradic

#4ABA9E #664ABA #BA4A66 #9EBA4A

square

#4ABA9E #664ABA #BA4A66 #9EBA4A

split-complementary

#4ABA9E #BA4A9E #BA664A

monochromatic

#266454 #37907A #4ABA9E #76CBB6 #A3DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4ABA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4ABA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABA9E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABA9E	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aba9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfba',
    500: '#4aba9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aba9e;
$custom-light: #88cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aba9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71698,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABA9E

secondary

#C997A3

accent

#5374D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABA9E

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

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