#4AB3DB#4AB3DB

#4AB3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3DB
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -17.87, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 34.08, 238.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0764 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.111 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7252, 38.8071, 72.8226)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3DB #DB724A

analogous

#4ADBBB #4AB3DB #4A6ADB

triadic

#4AB3DB #DB4AB3 #B3DB4A

tetradic

#4AB3DB #BB4ADB #DB724A #6ADB4A

square

#4AB3DB #BB4ADB #DB724A #6ADB4A

split-complementary

#4AB3DB #DB4A6A #DBBB4A

monochromatic

#1C6F8E #2697C1 #4AB3DB #7DC8E5 #B0DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4AB3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3DB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3DB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e6',
    500: '#4ab3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3db;
$custom-light: #8cc9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72198,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3DB

secondary

#DEB3A3

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3DB

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

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