#4AB6C8#4AB6C8

#4AB6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.101 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6C8
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -25.22, -18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 31.15, 215.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0868 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.101 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9730, 39.0787, 60.5957)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6C8 #C85C4A

analogous

#4AC89B #4AB6C8 #4A77C8

triadic

#4AB6C8 #C84AB6 #B6C84A

tetradic

#4AB6C8 #9B4AC8 #C85C4A #77C84A

square

#4AB6C8 #9B4AC8 #C85C4A #77C84A

split-complementary

#4AB6C8 #C84A77 #C89B4A

monochromatic

#236974 #3293A3 #4AB6C8 #79C9D6 #A8DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4AB6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4AB6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6C8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6C8	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.101 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accd8',
    500: '#4ab6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6c8;
$custom-light: #8accd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7213,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6C8

secondary

#D2A49C

accent

#604BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6C8

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

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