#4AB8CA#4AB8CA

#4AB8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.102 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8CA
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -25.63, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 31.55, 215.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0881 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.102 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6207, 39.9978, 61.9723)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8CA #CA5C4A

analogous

#4ACA9C #4AB8CA #4A78CA

triadic

#4AB8CA #CA4AB8 #B8CA4A

tetradic

#4AB8CA #9C4ACA #CA5C4A #78CA4A

square

#4AB8CA #9C4ACA #CA5C4A #78CA4A

split-complementary

#4AB8CA #CA4A78 #CA9C4A

monochromatic

#236B77 #3196A6 #4AB8CA #79CBD8 #A9DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4AB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4AB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8CA

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8CA	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.102 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdda',
    500: '#4ab8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8ca;
$custom-light: #8bcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.438,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72683,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8CA

secondary

#D3A49D

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8CA

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

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