#4AB0DD#4AB0DD

#4AB0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0DD
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -15.65, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 35.03, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0727 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.114 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3953, 37.7236, 74.0194)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0DD #DD774A

analogous

#4ADDC0 #4AB0DD #4A67DD

triadic

#4AB0DD #DD4AB0 #B0DD4A

tetradic

#4AB0DD #C04ADD #DD774A #67DD4A

square

#4AB0DD #C04ADD #DD774A #67DD4A

split-complementary

#4AB0DD #DD4A67 #DDC04A

monochromatic

#1B6D91 #2594C5 #4AB0DD #7EC6E7 #B1DDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4AB0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#4AB0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0DD

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0DD	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e7',
    500: '#4ab0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0dd;
$custom-light: #8cc7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71589,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0DD

secondary

#DFB6A4

accent

#723DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0DD

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

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