#4AB3C8#4AB3C8

#4AB3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3C8
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -23.71, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 30.78, 219.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0837 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.1 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3652, 37.8631, 60.3931)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3C8 #C85F4A

analogous

#4AC89E #4AB3C8 #4A74C8

triadic

#4AB3C8 #C84AB3 #B3C84A

tetradic

#4AB3C8 #9E4AC8 #C85F4A #74C84A

square

#4AB3C8 #9E4AC8 #C85F4A #74C84A

split-complementary

#4AB3C8 #C84A74 #C89E4A

monochromatic

#236774 #3290A3 #4AB3C8 #79C7D6 #A8DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4AB3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#4AB3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3C8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3C8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acad8',
    500: '#4ab3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3c8;
$custom-light: #8acad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71415,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3C8

secondary

#D2A59C

accent

#634BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3C8

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

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