#4AB2DF#4AB2DF

#4AB2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2DF
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -16.07, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 35.29, 242.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.074 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.115 230)
XYZ	xyz(32.0584, 38.6209, 75.5628)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2DF #DF774A

analogous

#4ADFC2 #4AB2DF #4A67DF

triadic

#4AB2DF #DF4AB2 #B2DF4A

tetradic

#4AB2DF #C24ADF #DF774A #67DF4A

square

#4AB2DF #C24ADF #DF774A #67DF4A

split-complementary

#4AB2DF #DF4A67 #DFC24A

monochromatic

#1A6F94 #2397C8 #4AB2DF #7EC8E8 #B2DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4AB2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4AB2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2DF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2DF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e9',
    500: '#4ab2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2df;
$custom-light: #8cc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.121,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72141,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.38624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2DF

secondary

#E0B7A5

accent

#713BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2DF

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

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