#4AB3DD#4AB3DD

#4AB3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3DD
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -17.24, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 34.60, 240.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0757 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.113 228)
XYZ	xyz(31.9901, 38.9130, 74.2176)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3DD #DD744A

analogous

#4ADDBE #4AB3DD #4A69DD

triadic

#4AB3DD #DD4AB3 #B3DD4A

tetradic

#4AB3DD #BE4ADD #DD744A #69DD4A

square

#4AB3DD #BE4ADD #DD744A #69DD4A

split-complementary

#4AB3DD #DD4A69 #DDBE4A

monochromatic

#1B7091 #2597C5 #4AB3DD #7EC9E7 #B1DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4AB3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3DD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3DD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e7',
    500: '#4ab3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3dd;
$custom-light: #8cc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.38917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3DD

secondary

#DFB5A4

accent

#6E3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3DD

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

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