#4AB0DE#4AB0DE

#4AB0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0DE
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -15.33, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 35.33, 244.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0723 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.115 231)
XYZ	xyz(31.5290, 37.7770, 74.7231)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0DE #DE784A

analogous

#4ADEC2 #4AB0DE #4A66DE

triadic

#4AB0DE #DE4AB0 #B0DE4A

tetradic

#4AB0DE #C24ADE #DE784A #66DE4A

square

#4AB0DE #C24ADE #DE784A #66DE4A

split-complementary

#4AB0DE #DE4A66 #DEC24A

monochromatic

#1B6E93 #2494C7 #4AB0DE #7EC7E7 #B2DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4AB0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#4AB0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0DE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0DE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e8',
    500: '#4ab0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0de;
$custom-light: #8cc7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71634,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.3778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0DE

secondary

#DFB7A4

accent

#733CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0DE

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

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