#4AB9CF#4AB9CF

#4AB9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9CF
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -24.64, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 32.01, 219.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0871 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.104 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4308, 40.6554, 65.2102)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9CF #CF604A

analogous

#4ACFA3 #4AB9CF #4A76CF

triadic

#4AB9CF #CF4AB9 #B9CF4A

tetradic

#4AB9CF #A34ACF #CF604A #76CF4A

square

#4AB9CF #A34ACF #CF604A #76CF4A

split-complementary

#4AB9CF #CF4A76 #CFA34A

monochromatic

#216E7D #2E99AE #4AB9CF #7ACCDC #ABDEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4AB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4AB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9CF

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9CF	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedd',
    500: '#4ab9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9cf;
$custom-light: #8bcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.925,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73114,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9CF

secondary

#D6A89F

accent

#6046E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9CF

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

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