#4AB8D7#4AB8D7

#4AB8D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8D7
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -21.71, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 32.97, 228.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.083 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.108 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2253, 40.6396, 70.4227)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8D7 #D7694A

analogous

#4AD7AF #4AB8D7 #4A72D7

triadic

#4AB8D7 #D74AB8 #B8D74A

tetradic

#4AB8D7 #AF4AD7 #D7694A #72D74A

square

#4AB8D7 #AF4AD7 #D7694A #72D74A

split-complementary

#4AB8D7 #D74A72 #D7AF4A

monochromatic

#1E7188 #299BBB #4AB8D7 #7CCCE2 #AEDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4AB8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4AB8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8D7

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8D7	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde3',
    500: '#4ab8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8d7;
$custom-light: #8ccde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.191,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8D7

secondary

#DBAEA2

accent

#6541E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8D7

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

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