#4AB0DC#4AB0DC

#4AB0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0DC
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 20%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -15.97, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 34.74, 242.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.073 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.113 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2625, 37.6705, 73.3198)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0DC #DC764A

analogous

#4ADCBF #4AB0DC #4A67DC

triadic

#4AB0DC #DC4AB0 #B0DC4A

tetradic

#4AB0DC #BF4ADC #DC764A #67DC4A

square

#4AB0DC #BF4ADC #DC764A #67DC4A

split-complementary

#4AB0DC #DC4A67 #DCBF4A

monochromatic

#1C6D90 #2694C3 #4AB0DC #7DC6E6 #B1DDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4AB0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#4AB0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0DC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0DC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e7',
    500: '#4ab0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0dc;
$custom-light: #8cc7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71545,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0DC

secondary

#DEB5A4

accent

#723DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0DC

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

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