#4AB8BD#4AB8BD

#4AB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.099 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8BD
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -29.41, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 31.71, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0935 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.099 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1459, 39.4079, 54.2047)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8BD #BD4F4A

analogous

#4ABD89 #4AB8BD #4A7FBD

triadic

#4AB8BD #BD4AB8 #B8BD4A

tetradic

#4AB8BD #894ABD #BD4F4A #7FBD4A

square

#4AB8BD #894ABD #BD4F4A #7FBD4A

split-complementary

#4AB8BD #BD4A7F #BD894A

monochromatic

#266467 #369094 #4AB8BD #77CACD #A4DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4AB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4AB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8BD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8BD	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.099 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd0',
    500: '#4ab8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8bd;
$custom-light: #89cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72202,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8BD

secondary

#CB9A98

accent

#5752D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8BD

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

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