#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
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -16.39, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 35.01, 242.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0743 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.114 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9240, 38.5671, 74.8548)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4AB2DE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4AB2DE

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

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