#4AB5BE#4AB5BE

#4AB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5BE
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -27.65, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 30.87, 206.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0899 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6382, 38.2183, 54.5728)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5BE #BE534A

analogous

#4ABE8D #4AB5BE #4A7BBE

triadic

#4AB5BE #BE4AB5 #B5BE4A

tetradic

#4AB5BE #8D4ABE #BE534A #7BBE4A

square

#4AB5BE #8D4ABE #BE534A #7BBE4A

split-complementary

#4AB5BE #BE4A7B #BE8D4A

monochromatic

#256368 #368E95 #4AB5BE #77C7CE #A4DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4AB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#4AB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5BE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5BE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbd1',
    500: '#4ab5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5be;
$custom-light: #89cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5BE

secondary

#CB9C98

accent

#5B51D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5BE

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

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