#4AB3E3#4AB3E3

#4AB3E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3E3
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 227)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -15.33, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 36.31, 245.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0735 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.118 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8038, 39.2385, 78.5031)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3E3 #E37A4A

analogous

#4AE3C7 #4AB3E3 #4A67E3

triadic

#4AB3E3 #E34AB3 #B3E34A

tetradic

#4AB3E3 #C74AE3 #E37A4A #67E34A

square

#4AB3E3 #C74AE3 #E37A4A #67E34A

split-complementary

#4AB3E3 #E34A67 #E3C74A

monochromatic

#18729B #2099D0 #4AB3E3 #7FC9EB #B4E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4AB3E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4AB3E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3E3

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3E3	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9ec',
    500: '#4ab3e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3e3;
$custom-light: #8dc9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72551,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3E3

secondary

#E2B9A6

accent

#7238F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3E3

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

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