#4AB8DC#4AB8DC

#4AB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8DC
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -20.16, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 33.91, 233.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0811 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.111 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8776, 40.9006, 73.8582)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8DC #DC6E4A

analogous

#4ADCB7 #4AB8DC #4A6FDC

triadic

#4AB8DC #DC4AB8 #B8DC4A

tetradic

#4AB8DC #B74ADC #DC6E4A #6FDC4A

square

#4AB8DC #B74ADC #DC6E4A #6FDC4A

split-complementary

#4AB8DC #DC4A6F #DCB74A

monochromatic

#1C7390 #269CC3 #4AB8DC #7DCCE6 #B1E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4AB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4AB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8DC

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8DC	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde7',
    500: '#4ab8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8dc;
$custom-light: #8dcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73407,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8DC

secondary

#DEB2A4

accent

#683DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8DC

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

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