#4AB8EA#4AB8EA

#4AB8EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.122 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8EA
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -15.74, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 37.53, 245.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0761 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.122 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8099, 41.6735, 84.0352)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8EA #EA7C4A

analogous

#4AEACC #4AB8EA #4A68EA

triadic

#4AB8EA #EA4AB8 #B8EA4A

tetradic

#4AB8EA #CC4AEA #EA7C4A #68EA4A

square

#4AB8EA #CC4AEA #EA7C4A #68EA4A

split-complementary

#4AB8EA #EA4A68 #EACC4A

monochromatic

#1378A6 #1AA0DD #4AB8EA #81CEF0 #B8E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4AB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#4AB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8EA

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8EA	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.122 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdf1',
    500: '#4ab8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8ea;
$custom-light: #8ecdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 79.208,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74015,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8EA

secondary

#E6BCA9

accent

#4B0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8EA

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

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