#4AB4C8#4AB4C8

#4AB4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4C8
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -24.21, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 30.90, 218.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0847 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.1 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5663, 38.2654, 60.4602)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4C8 #C85E4A

analogous

#4AC89D #4AB4C8 #4A75C8

triadic

#4AB4C8 #C84AB4 #B4C84A

tetradic

#4AB4C8 #9D4AC8 #C85E4A #75C84A

square

#4AB4C8 #9D4AC8 #C85E4A #75C84A

split-complementary

#4AB4C8 #C84A75 #C89D4A

monochromatic

#236774 #3291A3 #4AB4C8 #79C7D6 #A8DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4AB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#4AB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4C8

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4C8	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acad8',
    500: '#4ab4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4c8;
$custom-light: #8acad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71653,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4C8

secondary

#D2A59C

accent

#624BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4C8

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

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