#4AB9CA#4AB9CA

#4AB9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9CA
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -26.13, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 31.70, 214.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0891 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.102 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8292, 40.4147, 62.0417)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9CA #CA5B4A

analogous

#4ACA9B #4AB9CA #4A79CA

triadic

#4AB9CA #CA4AB9 #B9CA4A

tetradic

#4AB9CA #9B4ACA #CA5B4A #79CA4A

square

#4AB9CA #9B4ACA #CA5B4A #79CA4A

split-complementary

#4AB9CA #CA4A79 #CA9B4A

monochromatic

#236C77 #3197A6 #4AB9CA #79CBD8 #A9DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4AB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#4AB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9CA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9CA	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bceda',
    500: '#4ab9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9ca;
$custom-light: #8bceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.969,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72921,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9CA

secondary

#D3A49D

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9CA

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

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