#4AB9CC#4AB9CC

#4AB9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9CC
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -25.54, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 31.79, 216.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0883 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.103 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0675, 40.5101, 63.2970)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9CC #CC5D4A

analogous

#4ACC9E #4AB9CC #4A78CC

triadic

#4AB9CC #CC4AB9 #B9CC4A

tetradic

#4AB9CC #9E4ACC #CC5D4A #78CC4A

square

#4AB9CC #9E4ACC #CC5D4A #78CC4A

split-complementary

#4AB9CC #CC4A78 #CC9E4A

monochromatic

#226D79 #3097A9 #4AB9CC #7ACBD9 #A9DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4AB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4AB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9CC

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9CC	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedb',
    500: '#4ab9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9cc;
$custom-light: #8bcedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.769,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9CC

secondary

#D4A59D

accent

#5F48DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9CC

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

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