#4AB2E0#4AB2E0

#4AB2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2E0
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -15.75, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 35.59, 243.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0736 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.116 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1936, 38.6750, 76.2749)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2E0 #E0784A

analogous

#4AE0C3 #4AB2E0 #4A67E0

triadic

#4AB2E0 #E04AB2 #B2E04A

tetradic

#4AB2E0 #C34AE0 #E0784A #67E04A

square

#4AB2E0 #C34AE0 #E0784A #67E04A

split-complementary

#4AB2E0 #E04A67 #E0C34A

monochromatic

#1A7096 #2397CA #4AB2E0 #7EC8E9 #B3DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4AB2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2E0

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2E0	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e9',
    500: '#4ab2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2e0;
$custom-light: #8dc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2E0

secondary

#E1B7A5

accent

#713AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2E0

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

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