#4ABCE8#4ABCE8

#4ABCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.119 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABCE8
RGB	rgb(74, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -18.48, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 36.36, 239.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0807 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.119 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3669, 43.2446, 82.8114)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABCE8 #E8764A

analogous

#4AE8C5 #4ABCE8 #4A6DE8

triadic

#4ABCE8 #E84ABC #BCE84A

tetradic

#4ABCE8 #C54AE8 #E8764A #6DE84A

square

#4ABCE8 #C54AE8 #E8764A #6DE84A

split-complementary

#4ABCE8 #E84A6D #E8C54A

monochromatic

#157BA3 #1CA4D9 #4ABCE8 #80D0EF #B7E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4ABCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#4ABCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABCE8

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABCE8	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.119 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ef',
    500: '#4abce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abce8;
$custom-light: #8ed0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74848,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABCE8

secondary

#E5B9A8

accent

#6934F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABCE8

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

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