#4AB8D0#4AB8D0

#4AB8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8D0
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -23.84, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 32.01, 221.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0857 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.104 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3450, 40.2875, 65.7866)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8D0 #D0624A

analogous

#4AD0A5 #4AB8D0 #4A75D0

triadic

#4AB8D0 #D04AB8 #B8D04A

tetradic

#4AB8D0 #A54AD0 #D0624A #75D04A

square

#4AB8D0 #A54AD0 #D0624A #75D04A

split-complementary

#4AB8D0 #D04A75 #D0A54A

monochromatic

#216E7F #2E98AF #4AB8D0 #7BCBDD #ABDEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4AB8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4AB8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8D0

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8D0	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdde',
    500: '#4ab8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8d0;
$custom-light: #8bcdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.746,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8D0

secondary

#D7A99F

accent

#6246E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8D0

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

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