#4AB9CE#4AB9CE

#4AB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9CE
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -24.94, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 31.92, 218.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0875 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.104 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3089, 40.6066, 64.5684)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9CE #CE5F4A

analogous

#4ACEA1 #4AB9CE #4A77CE

triadic

#4AB9CE #CE4AB9 #B9CE4A

tetradic

#4AB9CE #A14ACE #CE5F4A #77CE4A

square

#4AB9CE #A14ACE #CE5F4A #77CE4A

split-complementary

#4AB9CE #CE4A77 #CEA14A

monochromatic

#226E7C #2F98AC #4AB9CE #7ACCDB #AADEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4AB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4AB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9CE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9CE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedd',
    500: '#4ab9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9ce;
$custom-light: #8bcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73075,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9CE

secondary

#D6A79E

accent

#6047E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9CE

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

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