#4AB9C4#4AB9C4

#4AB9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9C4
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -27.89, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 31.64, 208.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0916 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1326, 40.1361, 58.3729)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9C4 #C4554A

analogous

#4AC492 #4AB9C4 #4A7CC4

triadic

#4AB9C4 #C44AB9 #B9C44A

tetradic

#4AB9C4 #924AC4 #C4554A #7CC44A

square

#4AB9C4 #924AC4 #C4554A #7CC44A

split-complementary

#4AB9C4 #C44A7C #C4924A

monochromatic

#24696F #33949D #4AB9C4 #78CBD3 #A6DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4AB9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4AB9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9C4

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9C4	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)

#ABB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced5',
    500: '#4ab9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9c4;
$custom-light: #8aced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.41,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72696,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9C4

secondary

#CF9F9B

accent

#5A4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9C4

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

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