#4AB3D4#4AB3D4

#4AB3D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3D4
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -20.05, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 32.51, 231.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.079 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.106 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8230, 38.4462, 68.0710)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3D4 #D46B4A

analogous

#4AD4B0 #4AB3D4 #4A6ED4

triadic

#4AB3D4 #D44AB3 #B3D44A

tetradic

#4AB3D4 #B04AD4 #D46B4A #6ED44A

square

#4AB3D4 #B04AD4 #D46B4A #6ED44A

split-complementary

#4AB3D4 #D44A6E #D4B04A

monochromatic

#1F6C84 #2B95B6 #4AB3D4 #7BC8E0 #ADDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4AB3D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4AB3D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3D4

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3D4	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae1',
    500: '#4ab3d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3d4;
$custom-light: #8bcae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.348,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71901,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3D4

secondary

#D9AEA0

accent

#6A43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3D4

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

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