#4AB0CB#4AB0CB

#4AB0CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.101 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0CB
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -21.27, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 30.95, 226.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0793 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.101 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1245, 36.8152, 62.0595)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0CB #CB654A

analogous

#4ACBA6 #4AB0CB #4A70CB

triadic

#4AB0CB #CB4AB0 #B0CB4A

tetradic

#4AB0CB #A64ACB #CB654A #70CB4A

square

#4AB0CB #A64ACB #CB654A #70CB4A

split-complementary

#4AB0CB #CB4A70 #CBA64A

monochromatic

#236678 #308FA8 #4AB0CB #7AC5D9 #A9DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4AB0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#4AB0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0CB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0CB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.101 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7da',
    500: '#4ab0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0cb;
$custom-light: #8ac7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70823,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0CB

secondary

#D4A89D

accent

#6849DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0CB

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

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