#4AB1DE#4AB1DE

#4AB1DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.114 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB1DE
RGB	rgb(74, 177, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -15.86, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 35.16, 243.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0733 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.114 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7258, 38.1706, 74.7887)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB1DE #DE774A

analogous

#4ADEC1 #4AB1DE #4A67DE

triadic

#4AB1DE #DE4AB1 #B1DE4A

tetradic

#4AB1DE #C14ADE #DE774A #67DE4A

square

#4AB1DE #C14ADE #DE774A #67DE4A

split-complementary

#4AB1DE #DE4A67 #DEC14A

monochromatic

#1B6E93 #2495C7 #4AB1DE #7EC7E7 #B2DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4AB1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4AB1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB1DE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB1DE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 177, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.114 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e8',
    500: '#4ab1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab1de;
$custom-light: #8cc8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.243,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71865,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB1DE

secondary

#DFB6A4

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB1DE

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

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