#4ABABC#4ABABC

#4ABABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.100 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABABC
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -30.66, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 32.40, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.096 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.1 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4561, 40.2014, 53.7745)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABABC #BC4C4A

analogous

#4ABC85 #4ABABC #4A81BC

triadic

#4ABABC #BC4ABA #BABC4A

tetradic

#4ABABC #854ABC #BC4C4A #81BC4A

square

#4ABABC #854ABC #BC4C4A #81BC4A

split-complementary

#4ABABC #BC4A81 #BC854A

monochromatic

#266566 #369193 #4ABABC #77CBCD #A3DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4ABABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4ABABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABABC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABABC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ababc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.100 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd0',
    500: '#4ababc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ababc;
$custom-light: #89cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ababc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7265,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABABC

secondary

#CA9998

accent

#5452D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABABC

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

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