#4AB9BD#4AB9BD

#4AB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9BD
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -29.89, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 32.00, 200.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0946 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.1 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3544, 39.8248, 54.2742)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9BD #BD4E4A

analogous

#4ABD88 #4AB9BD #4A80BD

triadic

#4AB9BD #BD4AB9 #B9BD4A

tetradic

#4AB9BD #884ABD #BD4E4A #80BD4A

square

#4AB9BD #884ABD #BD4E4A #80BD4A

split-complementary

#4AB9BD #BD4A80 #BD884A

monochromatic

#266567 #369194 #4AB9BD #77CACD #A4DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4AB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4AB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9BD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9BD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ced0',
    500: '#4ab9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9bd;
$custom-light: #89ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.087,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72444,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9BD

secondary

#CB9A98

accent

#5652D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9BD

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

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