#4AB4D3#4AB4D3

#4AB4D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4D3
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -20.88, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 32.30, 229.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0804 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.106 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8984, 38.7982, 67.4758)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4D3 #D3694A

analogous

#4AD3AE #4AB4D3 #4A6FD3

triadic

#4AB4D3 #D34AB4 #B4D34A

tetradic

#4AB4D3 #AE4AD3 #D3694A #6FD34A

square

#4AB4D3 #AE4AD3 #D3694A #6FD34A

split-complementary

#4AB4D3 #D34A6F #D3AE4A

monochromatic

#206C83 #2C95B4 #4AB4D3 #7BC8DF #ACDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB4D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4AB4D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4D3

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4D3	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae0',
    500: '#4ab4d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4d3;
$custom-light: #8bcae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72094,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4D3

secondary

#D9ADA0

accent

#6844E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4D3

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

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