#4AB2D9#4AB2D9

#4AB2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2D9
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -17.97, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 33.69, 237.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0761 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.11 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2638, 38.3030, 71.3778)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2D9 #D9714A

analogous

#4AD9B9 #4AB2D9 #4A6AD9

triadic

#4AB2D9 #D94AB2 #B2D94A

tetradic

#4AB2D9 #B94AD9 #D9714A #6AD94A

square

#4AB2D9 #B94AD9 #D9714A #6AD94A

split-complementary

#4AB2D9 #D94A6A #D9B94A

monochromatic

#1D6D8B #2895BE #4AB2D9 #7DC8E4 #AFDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4AB2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#4AB2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2D9

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2D9	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e4',
    500: '#4ab2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2d9;
$custom-light: #8cc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71879,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2D9

secondary

#DCB2A2

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2D9

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

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