#4AB8D8#4AB8D8

#4AB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.109 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8D8
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -21.40, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 33.14, 229.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0826 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.109 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3541, 40.6912, 71.1015)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8D8 #D86A4A

analogous

#4AD8B1 #4AB8D8 #4A71D8

triadic

#4AB8D8 #D84AB8 #B8D84A

tetradic

#4AB8D8 #B14AD8 #D86A4A #71D84A

square

#4AB8D8 #B14AD8 #D86A4A #71D84A

split-complementary

#4AB8D8 #D84A71 #D8B14A

monochromatic

#1E728A #299BBC #4AB8D8 #7CCCE3 #AFE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4AB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4AB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8D8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8D8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.109 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde4',
    500: '#4ab8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8d8;
$custom-light: #8ccde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.521,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7324,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8D8

secondary

#DCAFA2

accent

#6640E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8D8

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

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