#4ABAE3#4ABAE3

#4ABAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABAE3
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -19.01, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 35.34, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0805 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.116 226)
XYZ	xyz(34.2425, 42.1159, 78.9827)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABAE3 #E3734A

analogous

#4AE3BF #4ABAE3 #4A6EE3

triadic

#4ABAE3 #E34ABA #BAE34A

tetradic

#4ABAE3 #BF4AE3 #E3734A #6EE34A

square

#4ABAE3 #BF4AE3 #E3734A #6EE34A

split-complementary

#4ABAE3 #E34A6E #E3BF4A

monochromatic

#18789B #20A1D0 #4ABAE3 #7FCEEB #B4E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4ABAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#4ABAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABAE3

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABAE3	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceec',
    500: '#4abae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abae3;
$custom-light: #8dceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.4212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABAE3

secondary

#E2B6A6

accent

#6938F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABAE3

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

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