#4ABC9B#4ABC9B

#4ABC9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABC9B
RGB	rgb(74, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -40.20, 7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 40.84, 169.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.113 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.115 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7208, 39.7861, 37.2753)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABC9B #BC4A6B

analogous

#4ABC62 #4ABC9B #4AA4BC

triadic

#4ABC9B #9B4ABC #BC9B4A

tetradic

#4ABC9B #624ABC #BC4A6B #A4BC4A

square

#4ABC9B #624ABC #BC4A6B #A4BC4A

split-complementary

#4ABC9B #BC4AA4 #BC624A

monochromatic

#266653 #369378 #4ABC9B #77CDB4 #A3DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4ABC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#4ABC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABC9B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABC9B	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1b8',
    500: '#4abc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abc9b;
$custom-light: #88d1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.632,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72112,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABC9B

secondary

#CA98A6

accent

#5278D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABC9B

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

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