#4AB5BC#4AB5BC

#4AB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.097 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5BC
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -28.22, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 30.96, 204.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0907 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.097 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4212, 38.1315, 53.4295)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5BC #BC514A

analogous

#4ABC8A #4AB5BC #4A7CBC

triadic

#4AB5BC #BC4AB5 #B5BC4A

tetradic

#4AB5BC #8A4ABC #BC514A #7CBC4A

square

#4AB5BC #8A4ABC #BC514A #7CBC4A

split-complementary

#4AB5BC #BC4A7C #BC8A4A

monochromatic

#266266 #368D93 #4AB5BC #77C7CD #A3DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4AB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4AB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5BC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5BC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.097 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbd0',
    500: '#4ab5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5bc;
$custom-light: #89cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.684,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71442,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5BC

secondary

#CA9B98

accent

#5A52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5BC

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

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