#4AB5C8#4AB5C8

#4AB5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.100 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5C8
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -24.72, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 31.02, 217.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0858 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.1 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7689, 38.6706, 60.5277)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5C8 #C85D4A

analogous

#4AC89C #4AB5C8 #4A76C8

triadic

#4AB5C8 #C84AB5 #B5C84A

tetradic

#4AB5C8 #9C4AC8 #C85D4A #76C84A

square

#4AB5C8 #9C4AC8 #C85D4A #76C84A

split-complementary

#4AB5C8 #C84A76 #C89C4A

monochromatic

#236874 #3292A3 #4AB5C8 #79C8D6 #A8DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4AB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5C8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5C8	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.100 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd8',
    500: '#4ab5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5c8;
$custom-light: #8acbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.048,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71891,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5C8

secondary

#D2A49C

accent

#614BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5C8

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

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