#4AB9BE#4AB9BE

#4AB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9BE
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -29.61, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 31.92, 201.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0941 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.1 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4633, 39.8684, 54.8478)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9BE #BE4F4A

analogous

#4ABE89 #4AB9BE #4A7FBE

triadic

#4AB9BE #BE4AB9 #B9BE4A

tetradic

#4AB9BE #894ABE #BE4F4A #7FBE4A

square

#4AB9BE #894ABE #BE4F4A #7FBE4A

split-complementary

#4AB9BE #BE4A7F #BE894A

monochromatic

#256568 #369195 #4AB9BE #77CACE #A4DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4AB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4AB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9BE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9BE	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)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced1',
    500: '#4ab9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9be;
$custom-light: #8aced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.586,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72479,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9BE

secondary

#CB9B98

accent

#5751D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9BE

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

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