#4AB5BB#4AB5BB

#4AB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.097 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5BB
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -28.51, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 31.02, 203.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0912 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.097 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3137, 38.0885, 52.8637)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5BB #BB504A

analogous

#4ABB88 #4AB5BB #4A7CBB

triadic

#4AB5BB #BB4AB5 #B5BB4A

tetradic

#4AB5BB #884ABB #BB504A #7CBB4A

square

#4AB5BB #884ABB #BB504A #7CBB4A

split-complementary

#4AB5BB #BB4A7C #BB884A

monochromatic

#266165 #378C91 #4AB5BB #76C7CC #A3D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#4AB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#4AB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5BB

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5BB	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.097 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbcf',
    500: '#4ab5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5bb;
$custom-light: #89cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.186,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71406,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5BB

secondary

#C99A97

accent

#5A53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5BB

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

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