#4AABA4 is a mid-toned, cool cyan. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4AABA4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4AABA4 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Verdigris keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Verdigris sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Verdigris opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Verdigris is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Verdigris carrying the quiet middle.
Verdigris is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Verdigris.
How #4AABA4 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #4AABA4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4AABA4;
--color-base-rgb: 74 171 164;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(68.2% 0.091 188.8);
--color-50: #F4FBFA;
--color-100: #E2F3F2;
--color-200: #C6E6E4;
--color-300: #9ED1CE;
--color-400: #78BAB6;
--color-500: #579E99;
--color-600: #487A76;
--color-700: #375855;
--color-800: #273A39;
--color-900: #192423;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
verdigris: {
50: '#F4FBFA',
100: '#E2F3F2',
200: '#C6E6E4',
300: '#9ED1CE',
400: '#78BAB6',
500: '#579E99',
600: '#487A76',
700: '#375855',
800: '#273A39',
900: '#192423',
},
}
$base: #4AABA4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FBFA; $base-100: #E2F3F2; $base-200: #C6E6E4; $base-300: #9ED1CE; $base-400: #78BAB6; $base-500: #579E99; $base-600: #487A76; $base-700: #375855; $base-800: #273A39; $base-900: #192423; $base-hover: #3B8984; $base-subtle: #CBE3E2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4AABA4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FBFA",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E2F3F2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C6E6E4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9ED1CE",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#78BAB6",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#579E99",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#487A76",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#375855",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#273A39",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#192423",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}