#4AB2DD#4AB2DD

#4AB2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2DD
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -16.71, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 34.73, 241.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0747 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.113 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7904, 38.5137, 74.1511)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2DD #DD754A

analogous

#4ADDBE #4AB2DD #4A68DD

triadic

#4AB2DD #DD4AB2 #B2DD4A

tetradic

#4AB2DD #BE4ADD #DD754A #68DD4A

square

#4AB2DD #BE4ADD #DD754A #68DD4A

split-complementary

#4AB2DD #DD4A68 #DDBE4A

monochromatic

#1B6F91 #2596C5 #4AB2DD #7EC8E7 #B1DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4AB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4AB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2DD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2DD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e7',
    500: '#4ab2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2dd;
$custom-light: #8cc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.551,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72053,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2DD

secondary

#DFB5A4

accent

#703DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2DD

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

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