#4AB0CD#4AB0CD

#4AB0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.102 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0CD
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -20.65, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 31.27, 228.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0786 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.102 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3644, 36.9112, 63.3228)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0CD #CD674A

analogous

#4ACDA8 #4AB0CD #4A6FCD

triadic

#4AB0CD #CD4AB0 #B0CD4A

tetradic

#4AB0CD #A84ACD #CD674A #6FCD4A

square

#4AB0CD #A84ACD #CD674A #6FCD4A

split-complementary

#4AB0CD #CD4A6F #CDA84A

monochromatic

#22677B #2F8FAB #4AB0CD #7AC5DA #AADAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4AB0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#4AB0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0CD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0CD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.102 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7dc',
    500: '#4ab0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0cd;
$custom-light: #8ac7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.282,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70904,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0CD

secondary

#D5AA9E

accent

#6A48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0CD

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

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