#4AB0E1#4AB0E1

#4AB0E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.117 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0E1
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 21.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -14.37, -33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 36.26, 246.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0712 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.117 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9346, 37.9393, 76.8596)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0E1 #E17B4A

analogous

#4AE1C6 #4AB0E1 #4A64E1

triadic

#4AB0E1 #E14AB0 #B0E14A

tetradic

#4AB0E1 #C64AE1 #E17B4A #64E14A

square

#4AB0E1 #C64AE1 #E17B4A #64E14A

split-complementary

#4AB0E1 #E14A64 #E1C64A

monochromatic

#196E97 #2295CC #4AB0E1 #7EC7EA #B3DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4AB0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#4AB0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0E1

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0E1	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.117 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7ea',
    500: '#4ab0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0e1;
$custom-light: #8dc7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.47,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71769,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0E1

secondary

#E1B9A6

accent

#7439EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0E1

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

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