#4AB3BC#4AB3BC

#4AB3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.096 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3BC
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -27.24, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 30.45, 206.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0886 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.096 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0174, 37.3240, 53.2949)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3BC #BC534A

analogous

#4ABC8C #4AB3BC #4A7ABC

triadic

#4AB3BC #BC4AB3 #B3BC4A

tetradic

#4AB3BC #8C4ABC #BC534A #7ABC4A

square

#4AB3BC #8C4ABC #BC534A #7ABC4A

split-complementary

#4AB3BC #BC4A7A #BC8C4A

monochromatic

#266166 #368B93 #4AB3BC #77C6CD #A3D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4AB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#4AB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3BC

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3BC	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.096 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad0',
    500: '#4ab3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3bc;
$custom-light: #89cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7096,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3BC

secondary

#CA9C98

accent

#5D52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3BC

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

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