#4ABCB9#4ABCB9

#4ABCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABCB9
RGB	rgb(74, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -32.45, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 33.44, 193.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0995 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.102 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5604, 40.9220, 52.2304)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABCB9 #BC4A4D

analogous

#4ABC80 #4ABCB9 #4A86BC

triadic

#4ABCB9 #B94ABC #BCB94A

tetradic

#4ABCB9 #804ABC #BC4A4D #86BC4A

square

#4ABCB9 #804ABC #BC4A4D #86BC4A

split-complementary

#4ABCB9 #BC4A86 #BC804A

monochromatic

#266664 #369390 #4ABCB9 #77CDCA #A3DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4ABCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4ABCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABCB9

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABCB9	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0ce',
    500: '#4abcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abcb9;
$custom-light: #89d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73032,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABCB9

secondary

#CA9899

accent

#5256D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABCB9

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

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