#4AB2DE#4AB2DE

#4AB2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AB2DE
RGBrgb(74, 178, 222)
HSLhsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.44, -16.39, -30.94)
CIE-LCHlch(68.44, 35.01, 242.08°)
OKLaboklab(72.1% -0.0743 -0.0866)
OKLCHoklch(72.1% 0.114 229.4)
XYZxyz(31.9240, 38.5671, 74.8548)
Luminance0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AB2DE #DE764A
analogous
#4ADEC0 #4AB2DE #4A68DE
triadic
#4AB2DE #DE4AB2 #B2DE4A
tetradic
#4AB2DE #C04ADE #DE764A #68DE4A
square
#4AB2DE #C04ADE #DE764A #68DE4A
split-complementary
#4AB2DE #DE4A68 #DEC04A
monochromatic
#1B6F93 #2496C7 #4AB2DE #7EC8E7 #B2DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#4AB2DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71
#4AB2DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2DE
8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AB2DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AB2DE1.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BAFE0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87A0DD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ab2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 229.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e8',
    500: '#4ab2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ab2de;
$custom-light: #8cc9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ab2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AB2DE
secondary
#DFB6A4
accent
#703CEC
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FC
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4AB2DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva