#4AB3DC#4AB3DC

#4AB3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3DC
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -17.55, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 34.34, 239.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.076 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.112 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8572, 38.8599, 73.5180)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3DC #DC734A

analogous

#4ADCBC #4AB3DC #4A6ADC

triadic

#4AB3DC #DC4AB3 #B3DC4A

tetradic

#4AB3DC #BC4ADC #DC734A #6ADC4A

square

#4AB3DC #BC4ADC #DC734A #6ADC4A

split-complementary

#4AB3DC #DC4A6A #DCBC4A

monochromatic

#1C6F90 #2697C3 #4AB3DC #7DC9E6 #B1DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4AB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3DC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3DC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e7',
    500: '#4ab3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3dc;
$custom-light: #8cc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3DC

secondary

#DEB4A4

accent

#6E3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3DC

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

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