#4AB8DB#4AB8DB

#4AB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8DB
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -20.47, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 33.71, 232.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0815 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.111 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7455, 40.8477, 73.1627)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8DB #DB6D4A

analogous

#4ADBB6 #4AB8DB #4A6FDB

triadic

#4AB8DB #DB4AB8 #B8DB4A

tetradic

#4AB8DB #B64ADB #DB6D4A #6FDB4A

square

#4AB8DB #B64ADB #DB6D4A #6FDB4A

split-complementary

#4AB8DB #DB4A6F #DBB64A

monochromatic

#1C738E #269CC1 #4AB8DB #7DCCE5 #B0E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4AB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4AB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8DB

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8DB	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde6',
    500: '#4ab8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8db;
$custom-light: #8ccde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73365,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8DB

secondary

#DEB1A3

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8DB

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

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