#4AB8BE#4AB8BE

#4AB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.099 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8BE
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -29.12, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 31.64, 203.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0931 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.099 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2548, 39.4515, 54.7783)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8BE #BE504A

analogous

#4ABE8A #4AB8BE #4A7EBE

triadic

#4AB8BE #BE4AB8 #B8BE4A

tetradic

#4AB8BE #8A4ABE #BE504A #7EBE4A

square

#4AB8BE #8A4ABE #BE504A #7EBE4A

split-complementary

#4AB8BE #BE4A7E #BE8A4A

monochromatic

#256568 #369095 #4AB8BE #77CACE #A4DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4AB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4AB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8BE

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8BE	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.099 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd1',
    500: '#4ab8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8be;
$custom-light: #89cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.103,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72238,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8BE

secondary

#CB9B98

accent

#5851D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8BE

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

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