#4AB2D6#4AB2D6

#4AB2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2D6
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -18.91, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 32.98, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0772 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.108 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8772, 38.1484, 69.3414)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2D6 #D66E4A

analogous

#4AD6B4 #4AB2D6 #4A6CD6

triadic

#4AB2D6 #D64AB2 #B2D64A

tetradic

#4AB2D6 #B44AD6 #D66E4A #6CD64A

square

#4AB2D6 #B44AD6 #D66E4A #6CD64A

split-complementary

#4AB2D6 #D64A6C #D6B44A

monochromatic

#1F6C87 #2A94B9 #4AB2D6 #7CC7E1 #AEDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4AB2D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4AB2D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2D6

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2D6	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)

#9EAED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e2',
    500: '#4ab2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2d6;
$custom-light: #8bc9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2D6

secondary

#DBB0A1

accent

#6C42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2D6

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

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