#ABC4E4#ABC4E4

#ABC4E4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.053 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABC4E4
RGB	rgb(171, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(214, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(214, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -1.44, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 18.74, 265.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.014 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.053 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5342, 53.7376, 81.0936)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABC4E4 #E4CBAB

analogous

#ABE0E4 #ABC4E4 #AEABE4

triadic

#ABC4E4 #E4ABC4 #C4E4AB

tetradic

#ABC4E4 #E4ABE0 #E4CBAB #ABE4AE

square

#ABC4E4 #E4ABE0 #E4CBAB #ABE4AE

split-complementary

#ABC4E4 #E4AEAB #E0E4AB

monochromatic

#4E83C6 #7DA3D5 #ABC4E4 #D9E5F3 #E8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ABC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#ABC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABC4E4

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABC4E4	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CCBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.053 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d5ec',
    500: '#abc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abc4e4;
$custom-light: #c5d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.684,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81228,
    "c": 0.05292,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABC4E4

secondary

#BE9E75

accent

#7C27BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABC4E4

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

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