#4AB6BF#4AB6BF

#4AB6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6BF
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -27.85, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 31.08, 206.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0905 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9520, 38.6703, 55.2184)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6BF #BF534A

analogous

#4ABF8D #4AB6BF #4A7CBF

triadic

#4AB6BF #BF4AB6 #B6BF4A

tetradic

#4AB6BF #8D4ABF #BF534A #7CBF4A

square

#4AB6BF #8D4ABF #BF534A #7CBF4A

split-complementary

#4AB6BF #BF4A7C #BF8D4A

monochromatic

#256469 #358F97 #4AB6BF #77C8CF #A4DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4AB6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6BF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6BF	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)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccd2',
    500: '#4ab6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6bf;
$custom-light: #89ccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71792,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6BF

secondary

#CC9D99

accent

#5B50D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6BF

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

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