#4AB8CD#4AB8CD

#4AB8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.103 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8CD
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -24.74, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 31.74, 218.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0869 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.103 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9794, 40.1413, 63.8612)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8CD #CD5F4A

analogous

#4ACDA0 #4AB8CD #4A77CD

triadic

#4AB8CD #CD4AB8 #B8CD4A

tetradic

#4AB8CD #A04ACD #CD5F4A #77CD4A

square

#4AB8CD #A04ACD #CD5F4A #77CD4A

split-complementary

#4AB8CD #CD4A77 #CDA04A

monochromatic

#226C7B #2F97AB #4AB8CD #7ACBDA #AADEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4AB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4AB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8CD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8CD	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.103 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddc',
    500: '#4ab8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8cd;
$custom-light: #8bcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.618,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8CD

secondary

#D5A79E

accent

#6048E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8CD

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

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