#4AB4DC#4AB4DC

#4AB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4DC
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -18.08, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 34.23, 238.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.077 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.112 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0584, 39.2622, 73.5851)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4DC #DC724A

analogous

#4ADCBB #4AB4DC #4A6BDC

triadic

#4AB4DC #DC4AB4 #B4DC4A

tetradic

#4AB4DC #BB4ADC #DC724A #6BDC4A

square

#4AB4DC #BB4ADC #DC724A #6BDC4A

split-complementary

#4AB4DC #DC4A6B #DCBB4A

monochromatic

#1C7090 #2698C3 #4AB4DC #7DC9E6 #B1DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4AB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4AB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4DC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4DC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae7',
    500: '#4ab4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4dc;
$custom-light: #8ccae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4DC

secondary

#DEB4A4

accent

#6D3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4DC

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

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