#4ABCED#4ABCED

#4ABCED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.123 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABCED
RGB	rgb(74, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -16.89, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 37.72, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0789 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.123 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0872, 43.5327, 86.6051)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABCED #ED7B4A

analogous

#4AEDCD #4ABCED #4A6AED

triadic

#4ABCED #ED4ABC #BCED4A

tetradic

#4ABCED #CD4AED #ED7B4A #6AED4A

square

#4ABCED #CD4AED #ED7B4A #6AED4A

split-complementary

#4ABCED #ED4A6A #EDCD4A

monochromatic

#117DAC #17A6E3 #4ABCED #82D1F3 #B9E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4ABCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#4ABCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABCED

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABCED	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.123 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0f3',
    500: '#4abced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abced;
$custom-light: #8fd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.037,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75068,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABCED

secondary

#E8BDAB

accent

#4807DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABCED

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

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