#4ABDE4#4ABDE4

#4ABDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABDE4
RGB	rgb(74, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -20.25, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 35.32, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0831 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.116 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0195, 43.4486, 79.9246)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABDE4 #E4714A

analogous

#4AE4BE #4ABDE4 #4A70E4

triadic

#4ABDE4 #E44ABD #BDE44A

tetradic

#4ABDE4 #BE4AE4 #E4714A #70E44A

square

#4ABDE4 #BE4AE4 #E4714A #70E44A

split-complementary

#4ABDE4 #E44A70 #E4BE4A

monochromatic

#177B9C #1FA4D2 #4ABDE4 #7FD0EC #B5E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4ABDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#4ABDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABDE4

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABDE4	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ec',
    500: '#4abde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abde4;
$custom-light: #8ed1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.195,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74908,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABDE4

secondary

#E3B6A7

accent

#6637F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABDE4

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

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