#4AB8D9#4AB8D9

#4AB8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8D9
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -21.09, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 33.32, 230.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0822 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.109 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4838, 40.7431, 71.7844)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8D9 #D96B4A

analogous

#4AD9B3 #4AB8D9 #4A71D9

triadic

#4AB8D9 #D94AB8 #B8D94A

tetradic

#4AB8D9 #B34AD9 #D96B4A #71D94A

square

#4AB8D9 #B34AD9 #D96B4A #71D94A

split-complementary

#4AB8D9 #D94A71 #D9B34A

monochromatic

#1D728B #289BBE #4AB8D9 #7DCCE4 #AFE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4AB8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4AB8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8D9

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8D9	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde4',
    500: '#4ab8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8d9;
$custom-light: #8ccde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73281,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8D9

secondary

#DCB0A2

accent

#6640E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8D9

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

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