#4AB4CC#4AB4CC

#4AB4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.102 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4CC
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -23.01, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 31.28, 222.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0831 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.102 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0399, 38.4548, 62.9544)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4CC #CC624A

analogous

#4ACCA3 #4AB4CC #4A73CC

triadic

#4AB4CC #CC4AB4 #B4CC4A

tetradic

#4AB4CC #A34ACC #CC624A #73CC4A

square

#4AB4CC #A34ACC #CC624A #73CC4A

split-complementary

#4AB4CC #CC4A73 #CCA34A

monochromatic

#226979 #3093A9 #4AB4CC #7AC8D9 #A9DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4AB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4AB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4CC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4CC	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)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.102 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadb',
    500: '#4ab4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4cc;
$custom-light: #8acadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7181,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4CC

secondary

#D4A89D

accent

#6448DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4CC

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

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