#4AB4CD#4AB4CD

#4AB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4CD
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -22.71, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 31.39, 223.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0827 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.102 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1602, 38.5029, 63.5881)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4CD #CD634A

analogous

#4ACDA4 #4AB4CD #4A73CD

triadic

#4AB4CD #CD4AB4 #B4CD4A

tetradic

#4AB4CD #A44ACD #CD634A #73CD4A

square

#4AB4CD #A44ACD #CD634A #73CD4A

split-complementary

#4AB4CD #CD4A73 #CDA44A

monochromatic

#226A7B #2F93AB #4AB4CD #7AC8DA #AADCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4AB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4AB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4CD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4CD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadc',
    500: '#4ab4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4cd;
$custom-light: #8bcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7185,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4CD

secondary

#D5A89E

accent

#6548E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4CD

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

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