#4ABCE7#4ABCE7

#4ABCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABCE7
RGB	rgb(74, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -18.79, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 36.11, 238.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.081 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.118 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2253, 43.1879, 82.0655)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABCE7 #E7754A

analogous

#4AE7C3 #4ABCE7 #4A6EE7

triadic

#4ABCE7 #E74ABC #BCE74A

tetradic

#4ABCE7 #C34AE7 #E7754A #6EE74A

square

#4ABCE7 #C34AE7 #E7754A #6EE74A

split-complementary

#4ABCE7 #E74A6E #E7C34A

monochromatic

#157BA1 #1DA4D7 #4ABCE7 #80D0EE #B6E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4ABCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#4ABCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABCE7

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABCE7	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ee',
    500: '#4abce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abce7;
$custom-light: #8ed0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74805,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABCE7

secondary

#E5B9A8

accent

#6935F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABCE7

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

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