#4AB8DE#4AB8DE

#4AB8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8DE
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -19.54, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 34.35, 235.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0803 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.113 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1440, 41.0071, 75.2615)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8DE #DE704A

analogous

#4ADEBA #4AB8DE #4A6EDE

triadic

#4AB8DE #DE4AB8 #B8DE4A

tetradic

#4AB8DE #BA4ADE #DE704A #6EDE4A

square

#4AB8DE #BA4ADE #DE704A #6EDE4A

split-complementary

#4AB8DE #DE4A6E #DEBA4A

monochromatic

#1B7493 #249DC7 #4AB8DE #7ECCE7 #B2E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4AB8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#4AB8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8DE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8DE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde8',
    500: '#4ab8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8de;
$custom-light: #8dcde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73491,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8DE

secondary

#DFB4A4

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8DE

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

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