#4AB9CD#4AB9CD

#4AB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9CD
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -25.24, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 31.85, 217.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0879 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.103 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1879, 40.5582, 63.9306)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9CD #CD5E4A

analogous

#4ACD9F #4AB9CD #4A78CD

triadic

#4AB9CD #CD4AB9 #B9CD4A

tetradic

#4AB9CD #9F4ACD #CD5E4A #78CD4A

square

#4AB9CD #9F4ACD #CD5E4A #78CD4A

split-complementary

#4AB9CD #CD4A78 #CD9F4A

monochromatic

#226D7B #2F98AB #4AB9CD #7ACCDA #AADEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4AB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#4AB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9CD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9CD	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedc',
    500: '#4ab9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9cd;
$custom-light: #8bcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.16,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73036,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9CD

secondary

#D5A69E

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9CD

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

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