#4AB0D4#4AB0D4

#4AB0D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0D4
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 17%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -18.49, -26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 32.67, 235.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0759 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.107 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2283, 37.2568, 67.8728)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0D4 #D46E4A

analogous

#4AD4B3 #4AB0D4 #4A6BD4

triadic

#4AB0D4 #D44AB0 #B0D44A

tetradic

#4AB0D4 #B34AD4 #D46E4A #6BD44A

square

#4AB0D4 #B34AD4 #D46E4A #6BD44A

split-complementary

#4AB0D4 #D44A6B #D4B34A

monochromatic

#1F6A84 #2B92B6 #4AB0D4 #7BC6E0 #ADDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4AB0D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#4AB0D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0D4

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0D4	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e1',
    500: '#4ab0d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0d4;
$custom-light: #8bc7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0D4

secondary

#D9AFA0

accent

#6D43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0D4

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

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