#4AB2CD#4AB2CD

#4AB2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.102 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2CD
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -21.69, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 31.30, 226.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0806 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.102 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7594, 37.7013, 63.4545)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2CD #CD654A

analogous

#4ACDA6 #4AB2CD #4A71CD

triadic

#4AB2CD #CD4AB2 #B2CD4A

tetradic

#4AB2CD #A64ACD #CD654A #71CD4A

square

#4AB2CD #A64ACD #CD654A #71CD4A

split-complementary

#4AB2CD #CD4A71 #CDA64A

monochromatic

#22687B #2F91AB #4AB2CD #7AC6DA #AADBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4AB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#4AB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2CD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2CD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.102 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9dc',
    500: '#4ab2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2cd;
$custom-light: #8ac9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.366,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71377,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2CD

secondary

#D5A99E

accent

#6748E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2CD

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

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