#4AB4CE#4AB4CE

#4AB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.103 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4CE
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -22.41, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 31.52, 224.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0823 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.103 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2813, 38.5514, 64.2258)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4CE #CE644A

analogous

#4ACEA6 #4AB4CE #4A72CE

triadic

#4AB4CE #CE4AB4 #B4CE4A

tetradic

#4AB4CE #A64ACE #CE644A #72CE4A

square

#4AB4CE #A64ACE #CE644A #72CE4A

split-complementary

#4AB4CE #CE4A72 #CEA64A

monochromatic

#226A7C #2F93AC #4AB4CE #7AC8DB #AADCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4AB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4AB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4CE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4CE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.103 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadd',
    500: '#4ab4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4ce;
$custom-light: #8bcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4CE

secondary

#D6A99E

accent

#6547E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4CE

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

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