#4AB2E3#4AB2E3

#4AB2E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB2E3
RGB	rgb(74, 178, 227)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -14.79, -33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 36.50, 246.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0725 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.118 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6041, 38.8391, 78.4366)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB2E3 #E37B4A

analogous

#4AE3C8 #4AB2E3 #4A66E3

triadic

#4AB2E3 #E34AB2 #B2E34A

tetradic

#4AB2E3 #C84AE3 #E37B4A #66E34A

square

#4AB2E3 #C84AE3 #E37B4A #66E34A

split-complementary

#4AB2E3 #E34A66 #E3C84A

monochromatic

#18719B #2097D0 #4AB2E3 #7FC9EB #B4DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB2E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4AB2E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB2E3

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB2E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB2E3	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab2e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 178, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9ec',
    500: '#4ab2e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab2e3;
$custom-light: #8dc9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab2e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.216,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72321,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB2E3

secondary

#E2BAA6

accent

#7338F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB2E3

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

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