#4ABAB9#4ABAB9

#4ABAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABAB9
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -31.50, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 32.75, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0973 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.1 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1361, 40.0734, 52.0890)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABAB9 #BA4A4B

analogous

#4ABA81 #4ABAB9 #4A83BA

triadic

#4ABAB9 #B94ABA #BAB94A

tetradic

#4ABAB9 #814ABA #BA4A4B #83BA4A

square

#4ABAB9 #814ABA #BA4A4B #83BA4A

split-complementary

#4ABAB9 #BA4A83 #BA814A

monochromatic

#266463 #37908F #4ABAB9 #76CBCA #A3DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4ABAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4ABAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABAB9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABAB9	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfce',
    500: '#4abab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abab9;
$custom-light: #89cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.464,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72546,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABAB9

secondary

#C99798

accent

#5354D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABAB9

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

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