#4AB8BC#4AB8BC

#4AB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.099 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8BC
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -29.69, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 31.79, 200.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0939 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.099 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0377, 39.3646, 53.6350)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8BC #BC4E4A

analogous

#4ABC87 #4AB8BC #4A7FBC

triadic

#4AB8BC #BC4AB8 #B8BC4A

tetradic

#4AB8BC #874ABC #BC4E4A #7FBC4A

square

#4AB8BC #874ABC #BC4E4A #7FBC4A

split-complementary

#4AB8BC #BC4A7F #BC874A

monochromatic

#266466 #368F93 #4AB8BC #77CACD #A3DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4AB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4AB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8BC

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8BC	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.099 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd0',
    500: '#4ab8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8bc;
$custom-light: #89cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.105,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72167,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8BC

secondary

#CA9A98

accent

#5752D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8BC

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

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