#4ABAE8#4ABAE8

#4ABAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABAE8
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -17.43, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 36.62, 241.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0787 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.12 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9426, 42.3960, 82.6700)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABAE8 #E8784A

analogous

#4AE8C7 #4ABAE8 #4A6BE8

triadic

#4ABAE8 #E84ABA #BAE84A

tetradic

#4ABAE8 #C74AE8 #E8784A #6BE84A

square

#4ABAE8 #C74AE8 #E8784A #6BE84A

split-complementary

#4ABAE8 #E84A6B #E8C74A

monochromatic

#157AA3 #1CA2D9 #4ABAE8 #80CFEF #B7E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4ABAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#4ABAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABAE8

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABAE8	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceef',
    500: '#4abae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abae8;
$custom-light: #8eceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.468,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74387,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABAE8

secondary

#E5BAA8

accent

#6C34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABAE8

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

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