#4AB2DC#4AB2DC

#4AB2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.113 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2DC
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -17.02, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 34.46, 240.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.075 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.113 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6576, 38.4605, 73.4515)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2DC #DC744A

analogous

#4ADCBD #4AB2DC #4A69DC

triadic

#4AB2DC #DC4AB2 #B2DC4A

tetradic

#4AB2DC #BD4ADC #DC744A #69DC4A

square

#4AB2DC #BD4ADC #DC744A #69DC4A

split-complementary

#4AB2DC #DC4A69 #DCBD4A

monochromatic

#1C6E90 #2696C3 #4AB2DC #7DC8E6 #B1DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4AB2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4AB2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2DC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2DC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.113 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e7',
    500: '#4ab2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2dc;
$custom-light: #8cc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2DC

secondary

#DEB4A4

accent

#6F3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2DC

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

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