#4AB2E1#4AB2E1

#4AB2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2E1
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -15.43, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 35.88, 244.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0732 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.117 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3297, 38.7294, 76.9912)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2E1 #E1794A

analogous

#4AE1C4 #4AB2E1 #4A66E1

triadic

#4AB2E1 #E14AB2 #B2E14A

tetradic

#4AB2E1 #C44AE1 #E1794A #66E14A

square

#4AB2E1 #C44AE1 #E1794A #66E14A

split-complementary

#4AB2E1 #E14A66 #E1C44A

monochromatic

#197097 #2297CC #4AB2E1 #7EC8EA #B3DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4AB2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2E1

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2E1	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9ea',
    500: '#4ab2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2e1;
$custom-light: #8dc9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.675,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72231,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2E1

secondary

#E1B8A6

accent

#7239EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2E1

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

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