#4AB8CF#4AB8CF

#4AB8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8CF
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -24.14, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 31.91, 220.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0861 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.104 214)
XYZ	xyz(31.2224, 40.2385, 65.1407)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8CF #CF614A

analogous

#4ACFA4 #4AB8CF #4A75CF

triadic

#4AB8CF #CF4AB8 #B8CF4A

tetradic

#4AB8CF #A44ACF #CF614A #75CF4A

square

#4AB8CF #A44ACF #CF614A #75CF4A

split-complementary

#4AB8CF #CF4A75 #CFA44A

monochromatic

#216D7D #2E98AE #4AB8CF #7ACBDC #ABDEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4AB8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4AB8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8CF

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8CF	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddd',
    500: '#4ab8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8cf;
$custom-light: #8bcddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.376,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.40242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8CF

secondary

#D6A89F

accent

#6146E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8CF

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

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