#4AB4DF#4AB4DF

#4AB4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4DF
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -17.13, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 35.00, 240.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.076 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.114 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4593, 39.4225, 75.6964)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4DF #DF754A

analogous

#4ADFBF #4AB4DF #4A6ADF

triadic

#4AB4DF #DF4AB4 #B4DF4A

tetradic

#4AB4DF #BF4ADF #DF754A #6ADF4A

square

#4AB4DF #BF4ADF #DF754A #6ADF4A

split-complementary

#4AB4DF #DF4A6A #DFBF4A

monochromatic

#1A7194 #2399C8 #4AB4DF #7ECAE8 #B2DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4AB4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4AB4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4DF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4DF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae9',
    500: '#4ab4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4df;
$custom-light: #8dcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4DF

secondary

#E0B6A5

accent

#6E3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4DF

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

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