#4AB9CB#4AB9CB

#4AB9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9CB
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -25.84, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 31.74, 215.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0887 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.102 210)
XYZ	xyz(30.9480, 40.4623, 62.6673)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9CB #CB5C4A

analogous

#4ACB9D #4AB9CB #4A79CB

triadic

#4AB9CB #CB4AB9 #B9CB4A

tetradic

#4AB9CB #9D4ACB #CB5C4A #79CB4A

square

#4AB9CB #9D4ACB #CB5C4A #79CB4A

split-complementary

#4AB9CB #CB4A79 #CB9D4A

monochromatic

#236C78 #3097A8 #4AB9CB #7ACBD9 #A9DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4AB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#4AB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9CB

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9CB	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bceda',
    500: '#4ab9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9cb;
$custom-light: #8bceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.372,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72959,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.40466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9CB

secondary

#D4A59D

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9CB

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

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