#4AB4D6#4AB4D6

#4AB4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4D6
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -19.95, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 32.87, 232.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0793 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.108 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2780, 38.9500, 69.4750)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4D6 #D66C4A

analogous

#4AD6B2 #4AB4D6 #4A6ED6

triadic

#4AB4D6 #D64AB4 #B4D64A

tetradic

#4AB4D6 #B24AD6 #D66C4A #6ED64A

square

#4AB4D6 #B24AD6 #D66C4A #6ED64A

split-complementary

#4AB4D6 #D64A6E #D6B24A

monochromatic

#1F6E87 #2A96B9 #4AB4D6 #7CC9E1 #AEDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4AB4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4D6

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4D6	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae2',
    500: '#4ab4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4d6;
$custom-light: #8ccae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72219,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4D6

secondary

#DBAFA1

accent

#6A42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4D6

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

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