#4AB3CE#4AB3CE

#4AB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3CE
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -21.90, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 31.48, 225.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0813 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.103 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0802, 38.1491, 64.1588)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3CE #CE654A

analogous

#4ACEA7 #4AB3CE #4A71CE

triadic

#4AB3CE #CE4AB3 #B3CE4A

tetradic

#4AB3CE #A74ACE #CE654A #71CE4A

square

#4AB3CE #A74ACE #CE654A #71CE4A

split-complementary

#4AB3CE #CE4A71 #CEA74A

monochromatic

#226A7C #2F93AC #4AB3CE #7AC7DB #AADBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4AB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4AB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3CE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3CE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadd',
    500: '#4ab3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3ce;
$custom-light: #8bcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.273,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71654,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3CE

secondary

#D6A99E

accent

#6747E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3CE

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

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