#4AB1CD#4AB1CD

#4AB1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.102 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB1CD
RGB	rgb(74, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -21.17, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 31.28, 227.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0796 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.102 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5611, 37.3048, 63.3884)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB1CD #CD664A

analogous

#4ACDA7 #4AB1CD #4A70CD

triadic

#4AB1CD #CD4AB1 #B1CD4A

tetradic

#4AB1CD #A74ACD #CD664A #70CD4A

square

#4AB1CD #A74ACD #CD664A #70CD4A

split-complementary

#4AB1CD #CD4A70 #CDA74A

monochromatic

#22687B #2F90AB #4AB1CD #7AC6DA #AADAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4AB1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#4AB1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB1CD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB1CD	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.102 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8dc',
    500: '#4ab1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab1cd;
$custom-light: #8ac8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.824,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71141,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB1CD

secondary

#D5AA9E

accent

#6848E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB1CD

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

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