#4AB2D7#4AB2D7

#4AB2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2D7
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -18.60, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 33.21, 235.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0768 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.109 225)
XYZ	xyz(31.0053, 38.1996, 70.0160)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2D7 #D76F4A

analogous

#4AD7B6 #4AB2D7 #4A6CD7

triadic

#4AB2D7 #D74AB2 #B2D74A

tetradic

#4AB2D7 #B64AD7 #D76F4A #6CD74A

square

#4AB2D7 #B64AD7 #D76F4A #6CD74A

split-complementary

#4AB2D7 #D74A6C #D7B64A

monochromatic

#1E6D88 #2994BB #4AB2D7 #7CC7E2 #AEDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4AB2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#4AB2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2D7

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2D7	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e3',
    500: '#4ab2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2d7;
$custom-light: #8cc9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71793,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.38203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2D7

secondary

#DBB1A2

accent

#6D41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2D7

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

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