#4AB4E3#4AB4E3

#4AB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4E3
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -15.86, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 36.14, 243.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0745 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.118 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0049, 39.6408, 78.5702)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4E3 #E3794A

analogous

#4AE3C5 #4AB4E3 #4A68E3

triadic

#4AB4E3 #E34AB4 #B4E34A

tetradic

#4AB4E3 #C54AE3 #E3794A #68E34A

square

#4AB4E3 #C54AE3 #E3794A #68E34A

split-complementary

#4AB4E3 #E34A68 #E3C54A

monochromatic

#18739B #209AD0 #4AB4E3 #7FCAEB #B4E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4AB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#4AB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4E3

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4E3	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaec',
    500: '#4ab4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4e3;
$custom-light: #8dcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.431,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4E3

secondary

#E2B9A6

accent

#7038F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4E3

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

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