#4AB8DD#4AB8DD

#4AB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8DD
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -19.85, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 34.13, 234.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0807 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.112 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0104, 40.9537, 74.5577)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8DD #DD6F4A

analogous

#4ADDB8 #4AB8DD #4A6EDD

triadic

#4AB8DD #DD4AB8 #B8DD4A

tetradic

#4AB8DD #B84ADD #DD6F4A #6EDD4A

square

#4AB8DD #B84ADD #DD6F4A #6EDD4A

split-complementary

#4AB8DD #DD4A6E #DDB84A

monochromatic

#1B7491 #259DC5 #4AB8DD #7ECCE7 #B1E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4AB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#4AB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8DD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8DD	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde7',
    500: '#4ab8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8dd;
$custom-light: #8dcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73449,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8DD

secondary

#DFB3A4

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8DD

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

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