#4AB9C8#4AB9C8

#4AB9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9C8
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -26.72, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 31.64, 212.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0899 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.101 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5939, 40.3206, 60.8027)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9C8 #C8594A

analogous

#4AC898 #4AB9C8 #4A7AC8

triadic

#4AB9C8 #C84AB9 #B9C84A

tetradic

#4AB9C8 #984AC8 #C8594A #7AC84A

square

#4AB9C8 #984AC8 #C8594A #7AC84A

split-complementary

#4AB9C8 #C84A7A #C8984A

monochromatic

#236B74 #3296A3 #4AB9C8 #79CBD6 #A8DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4AB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4AB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9C8

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9C8	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced8',
    500: '#4ab9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9c8;
$custom-light: #8aced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.143,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9C8

secondary

#D2A29C

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9C8

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

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