#4AB8D1#4AB8D1

#4AB8D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8D1
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 12%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -23.54, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 32.12, 222.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0853 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.105 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4684, 40.3369, 66.4366)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8D1 #D1634A

analogous

#4AD1A6 #4AB8D1 #4A74D1

triadic

#4AB8D1 #D14AB8 #B8D14A

tetradic

#4AB8D1 #A64AD1 #D1634A #74D14A

square

#4AB8D1 #A64AD1 #D1634A #74D14A

split-complementary

#4AB8D1 #D14A74 #D1A64A

monochromatic

#216E80 #2D98B1 #4AB8D1 #7BCBDD #ACDEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4AB8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4AB8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8D1

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8D1	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddf',
    500: '#4ab8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8d1;
$custom-light: #8bcddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72956,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8D1

secondary

#D8AA9F

accent

#6245E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8D1

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

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