#4AB2D5#4AB2D5

#4AB2D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2D5
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -19.22, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 32.76, 234.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0776 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.107 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7498, 38.0974, 68.6709)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2D5 #D56D4A

analogous

#4AD5B3 #4AB2D5 #4A6DD5

triadic

#4AB2D5 #D54AB2 #B2D54A

tetradic

#4AB2D5 #B34AD5 #D56D4A #6DD54A

square

#4AB2D5 #B34AD5 #D56D4A #6DD54A

split-complementary

#4AB2D5 #D54A6D #D5B34A

monochromatic

#1F6C86 #2B94B7 #4AB2D5 #7CC7E1 #ADDCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#4AB2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#4AB2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2D5

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2D5	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e2',
    500: '#4ab2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2d5;
$custom-light: #8bc9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.108,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71708,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2D5

secondary

#DAAFA1

accent

#6B42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2D5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →