#4AB4D4#4AB4D4

#4AB4D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4D4
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -20.57, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 32.48, 230.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.08 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.106 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0241, 38.8485, 68.1381)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4D4 #D46A4A

analogous

#4AD4AF #4AB4D4 #4A6FD4

triadic

#4AB4D4 #D44AB4 #B4D44A

tetradic

#4AB4D4 #AF4AD4 #D46A4A #6FD44A

square

#4AB4D4 #AF4AD4 #D46A4A #6FD44A

split-complementary

#4AB4D4 #D44A6F #D4AF4A

monochromatic

#1F6D84 #2B96B6 #4AB4D4 #7BC8E0 #ADDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4AB4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4D4

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4D4	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae1',
    500: '#4ab4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4d4;
$custom-light: #8bcae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72136,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4D4

secondary

#D9AEA0

accent

#6943E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4D4

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

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