#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
RGBrgb(74, 184, 217)
HSLhsl(194, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.00, -21.09, -25.80)
CIE-LCHlch(70.00, 33.32, 230.74°)
OKLaboklab(73.28% -0.0822 -0.0719)
OKLCHoklch(73.28% 0.109 221.2)
XYZxyz(32.4838, 40.7431, 71.7844)
Luminance0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##4AB8D91.002.309.159.15
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1521.001.001.00
##0000009.1521.001.001.00

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

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#4AB8D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva