#4AB6CA#4AB6CA

#4AB6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6CA
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -24.63, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 31.28, 218.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.086 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.101 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2082, 39.1728, 61.8348)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6CA #CA5E4A

analogous

#4ACA9E #4AB6CA #4A76CA

triadic

#4AB6CA #CA4AB6 #B6CA4A

tetradic

#4AB6CA #9E4ACA #CA5E4A #76CA4A

square

#4AB6CA #9E4ACA #CA5E4A #76CA4A

split-complementary

#4AB6CA #CA4A76 #CA9E4A

monochromatic

#236A77 #3194A6 #4AB6CA #79C9D8 #A9DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4AB6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4AB6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6CA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6CA	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accda',
    500: '#4ab6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6ca;
$custom-light: #8accda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6CA

secondary

#D3A59D

accent

#614ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6CA

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

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