#4AB0D7#4AB0D7

#4AB0D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.109 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0D7
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 215)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -17.55, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 33.39, 238.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0748 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.109 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6102, 37.4095, 69.8844)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0D7 #D7714A

analogous

#4AD7B8 #4AB0D7 #4A6AD7

triadic

#4AB0D7 #D74AB0 #B0D74A

tetradic

#4AB0D7 #B84AD7 #D7714A #6AD74A

square

#4AB0D7 #B84AD7 #D7714A #6AD74A

split-complementary

#4AB0D7 #D74A6A #D7B84A

monochromatic

#1E6B88 #2992BB #4AB0D7 #7CC6E2 #AEDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4AB0D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#4AB0D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0D7

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0D7	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.109 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e3',
    500: '#4ab0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0d7;
$custom-light: #8bc7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71326,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0D7

secondary

#DBB2A2

accent

#6F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0D7

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

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