#4AB8DF#4AB8DF

#4AB8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8DF
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -19.22, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 34.57, 236.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.08 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.113 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2784, 41.0609, 75.9694)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8DF #DF714A

analogous

#4ADFBC #4AB8DF #4A6DDF

triadic

#4AB8DF #DF4AB8 #B8DF4A

tetradic

#4AB8DF #BC4ADF #DF714A #6DDF4A

square

#4AB8DF #BC4ADF #DF714A #6DDF4A

split-complementary

#4AB8DF #DF4A6D #DFBC4A

monochromatic

#1A7494 #239DC8 #4AB8DF #7ECCE8 #B2E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4AB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#4AB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8DF

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8DF	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde9',
    500: '#4ab8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8df;
$custom-light: #8dcde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73534,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8DF

secondary

#E0B4A5

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8DF

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

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