#4AB0C8#4AB0C8

#4AB0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.099 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0C8
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -22.18, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 30.53, 223.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0805 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.099 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7704, 36.6736, 60.1949)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0C8 #C8624A

analogous

#4AC8A1 #4AB0C8 #4A71C8

triadic

#4AB0C8 #C84AB0 #B0C84A

tetradic

#4AB0C8 #A14AC8 #C8624A #71C84A

square

#4AB0C8 #A14AC8 #C8624A #71C84A

split-complementary

#4AB0C8 #C84A71 #C8A14A

monochromatic

#236574 #328EA3 #4AB0C8 #79C4D6 #A8D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4AB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#4AB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0C8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0C8	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.099 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7d8',
    500: '#4ab0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0c8;
$custom-light: #8ac7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70702,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0C8

secondary

#D2A69C

accent

#674BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0C8

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

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