#4AB5CA#4AB5CA

#4AB5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5CA
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -24.12, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 31.17, 219.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.085 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.101 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0042, 38.7647, 61.7667)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5CA #CA5F4A

analogous

#4ACA9F #4AB5CA #4A75CA

triadic

#4AB5CA #CA4AB5 #B5CA4A

tetradic

#4AB5CA #9F4ACA #CA5F4A #75CA4A

square

#4AB5CA #9F4ACA #CA5F4A #75CA4A

split-complementary

#4AB5CA #CA4A75 #CA9F4A

monochromatic

#236977 #3193A6 #4AB5CA #79C8D8 #A9DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4AB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5CA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5CA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbda',
    500: '#4ab5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5ca;
$custom-light: #8acbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.844,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5CA

secondary

#D3A69D

accent

#624ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5CA

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

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