#4AB8ED#4AB8ED

#4AB8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.125 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8ED
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -14.77, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 38.46, 247.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.075 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.125 233)
XYZ	xyz(35.2445, 41.8473, 86.3242)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8ED #ED7F4A

analogous

#4AEDD0 #4AB8ED #4A66ED

triadic

#4AB8ED #ED4AB8 #B8ED4A

tetradic

#4AB8ED #D04AED #ED7F4A #66ED4A

square

#4AB8ED #D04AED #ED7F4A #66ED4A

split-complementary

#4AB8ED #ED4A66 #EDD04A

monochromatic

#1179AC #17A1E3 #4AB8ED #82CEF3 #B9E4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4AB8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#4AB8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8ED

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8ED	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.125 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdf3',
    500: '#4ab8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8ed;
$custom-light: #8fcdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.509,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74151,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.41851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8ED

secondary

#E8BFAB

accent

#4D07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8ED

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

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