#4AB8D5#4AB8D5

#4AB8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8D5
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -22.32, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 32.65, 226.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0837 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.107 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9699, 40.5375, 69.0775)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8D5 #D5674A

analogous

#4AD5AD #4AB8D5 #4A73D5

triadic

#4AB8D5 #D54AB8 #B8D54A

tetradic

#4AB8D5 #AD4AD5 #D5674A #73D54A

square

#4AB8D5 #AD4AD5 #D5674A #73D54A

split-complementary

#4AB8D5 #D54A73 #D5AD4A

monochromatic

#1F7086 #2B9AB7 #4AB8D5 #7CCBE1 #ADDFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4AB8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#4AB8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8D5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8D5	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde2',
    500: '#4ab8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8d5;
$custom-light: #8ccde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.518,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73117,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8D5

secondary

#DAADA1

accent

#6442E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8D5

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

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