#4AB8CC#4AB8CC

#4AB8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.103 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8CC
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -25.04, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 31.66, 217.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0873 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.103 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8591, 40.0932, 63.2275)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8CC #CC5E4A

analogous

#4ACC9F #4AB8CC #4A77CC

triadic

#4AB8CC #CC4AB8 #B8CC4A

tetradic

#4AB8CC #9F4ACC #CC5E4A #77CC4A

square

#4AB8CC #9F4ACC #CC5E4A #77CC4A

split-complementary

#4AB8CC #CC4A77 #CC9F4A

monochromatic

#226C79 #3096A9 #4AB8CC #7ACBD9 #A9DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4AB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4AB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8CC

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8CC	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.103 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddb',
    500: '#4ab8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8cc;
$custom-light: #8bcddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7276,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8CC

secondary

#D4A69D

accent

#6048DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8CC

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

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