#4AB8D4#4AB8D4

#4AB8D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8D4
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -22.63, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 32.51, 225.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0841 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.106 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8433, 40.4869, 68.4111)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8D4 #D4664A

analogous

#4AD4AB #4AB8D4 #4A73D4

triadic

#4AB8D4 #D44AB8 #B8D44A

tetradic

#4AB8D4 #AB4AD4 #D4664A #73D44A

square

#4AB8D4 #AB4AD4 #D4664A #73D44A

split-complementary

#4AB8D4 #D44A73 #D4AB4A

monochromatic

#1F7084 #2B9AB6 #4AB8D4 #7BCBE0 #ADDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4AB8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4AB8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8D4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8D4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde1',
    500: '#4ab8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8d4;
$custom-light: #8ccde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.174,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73077,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8D4

secondary

#D9ACA0

accent

#6443E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8D4

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

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