#4ABAD8#4ABAD8

#4ABAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABAD8
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -22.42, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 33.15, 227.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0846 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.109 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7725, 41.5280, 71.2410)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABAD8 #D8684A

analogous

#4AD8AF #4ABAD8 #4A73D8

triadic

#4ABAD8 #D84ABA #BAD84A

tetradic

#4ABAD8 #AF4AD8 #D8684A #73D84A

square

#4ABAD8 #AF4AD8 #D8684A #73D84A

split-complementary

#4ABAD8 #D84A73 #D8AF4A

monochromatic

#1E738A #299DBC #4ABAD8 #7CCDE3 #AFE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4ABAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#4ABAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABAD8

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABAD8	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe4',
    500: '#4abad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abad8;
$custom-light: #8ccfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.676,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73709,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABAD8

secondary

#DCAEA2

accent

#6440E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABAD8

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

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