#4AB9BC#4AB9BC

#4AB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9BC
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -30.17, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 32.09, 199.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.095 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.1 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2462, 39.7815, 53.7045)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9BC #BC4D4A

analogous

#4ABC86 #4AB9BC #4A80BC

triadic

#4AB9BC #BC4AB9 #B9BC4A

tetradic

#4AB9BC #864ABC #BC4D4A #80BC4A

square

#4AB9BC #864ABC #BC4D4A #80BC4A

split-complementary

#4AB9BC #BC4A80 #BC864A

monochromatic

#266466 #369093 #4AB9BC #77CACD #A3DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4AB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#4AB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9BC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9BC	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ced0',
    500: '#4ab9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9bc;
$custom-light: #89ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72408,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9BC

secondary

#CA9998

accent

#5652D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9BC

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

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