#4AB2D8#4AB2D8

#4AB2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2D8
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -18.28, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 33.44, 236.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0765 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.109 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1341, 38.2512, 70.6948)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2D8 #D8704A

analogous

#4AD8B7 #4AB2D8 #4A6BD8

triadic

#4AB2D8 #D84AB2 #B2D84A

tetradic

#4AB2D8 #B74AD8 #D8704A #6BD84A

square

#4AB2D8 #B74AD8 #D8704A #6BD84A

split-complementary

#4AB2D8 #D84A6B #D8B74A

monochromatic

#1E6D8A #2995BC #4AB2D8 #7CC7E3 #AFDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4AB2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#4AB2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2D8

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2D8	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e4',
    500: '#4ab2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2d8;
$custom-light: #8cc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71836,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2D8

secondary

#DCB1A2

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2D8

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

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