#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
RGBrgb(74, 186, 216)
HSLhsl(193, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(193, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.54, -22.42, -24.41)
CIE-LCHlch(70.54, 33.15, 227.43°)
OKLaboklab(73.71% -0.0846 -0.068)
OKLCHoklch(73.71% 0.109 218.8)
XYZxyz(32.7725, 41.5280, 71.2410)
Luminance0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##4ABAD81.002.269.319.31
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3121.001.001.00
##0000009.3121.001.001.00

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

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#4ABAD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva