#4AB2C8#4AB2C8

#4AB2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.100 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2C8
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -23.20, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 30.69, 220.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0826 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.1 214)
XYZ	xyz(29.1655, 37.4637, 60.3265)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2C8 #C8604A

analogous

#4AC89F #4AB2C8 #4A73C8

triadic

#4AB2C8 #C84AB2 #B2C84A

tetradic

#4AB2C8 #9F4AC8 #C8604A #73C84A

square

#4AB2C8 #9F4AC8 #C8604A #73C84A

split-complementary

#4AB2C8 #C84A73 #C89F4A

monochromatic

#236674 #328FA3 #4AB2C8 #79C6D6 #A8DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4AB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#4AB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2C8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2C8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.100 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9d8',
    500: '#4ab2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2c8;
$custom-light: #8ac9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.476,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.37467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2C8

secondary

#D2A59C

accent

#644BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2C8

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

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