#4ABA9F#4ABA9F

#4ABA9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABA9F
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 14.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -38.33, 4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 38.57, 173.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.109 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.11 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6380, 39.0741, 38.9324)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABA9F #BA4A65

analogous

#4ABA67 #4ABA9F #4A9DBA

triadic

#4ABA9F #9F4ABA #BA9F4A

tetradic

#4ABA9F #674ABA #BA4A65 #9DBA4A

square

#4ABA9F #674ABA #BA4A65 #9DBA4A

split-complementary

#4ABA9F #BA4A9D #BA674A

monochromatic

#266455 #37907A #4ABA9F #76CBB7 #A3DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4ABA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4ABA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABA9F

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABA9F	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aba9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfbb',
    500: '#4aba9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aba9f;
$custom-light: #88cfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aba9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.536,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABA9F

secondary

#C997A3

accent

#5372D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABA9F

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

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