#4AB6BC#4AB6BC

#4AB6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6BC
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -28.71, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 31.23, 203.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0918 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6252, 38.5396, 53.4975)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6BC #BC504A

analogous

#4ABC89 #4AB6BC #4A7DBC

triadic

#4AB6BC #BC4AB6 #B6BC4A

tetradic

#4AB6BC #894ABC #BC504A #7DBC4A

square

#4AB6BC #894ABC #BC504A #7DBC4A

split-complementary

#4AB6BC #BC4A7D #BC894A

monochromatic

#266366 #368E93 #4AB6BC #77C8CD #A3DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4AB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4AB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6BC

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6BC	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccd0',
    500: '#4ab6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6bc;
$custom-light: #89ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71684,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6BC

secondary

#CA9A98

accent

#5952D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6BC

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

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