#4AB3BE#4AB3BE

#4AB3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.097 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3BE
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -26.66, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 30.41, 208.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0878 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.097 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2345, 37.4108, 54.4382)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3BE #BE554A

analogous

#4ABE8F #4AB3BE #4A79BE

triadic

#4AB3BE #BE4AB3 #B3BE4A

tetradic

#4AB3BE #8F4ABE #BE554A #79BE4A

square

#4AB3BE #8F4ABE #BE554A #79BE4A

split-complementary

#4AB3BE #BE4A79 #BE8F4A

monochromatic

#256268 #368C95 #4AB3BE #77C6CE #A4D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4AB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#4AB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3BE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3BE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.097 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad1',
    500: '#4ab3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3be;
$custom-light: #89cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71034,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3BE

secondary

#CB9D98

accent

#5E51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3BE

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

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