#4AB4E2#4AB4E2

#4AB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4E2
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -16.18, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 35.84, 243.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0749 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.117 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8673, 39.5858, 77.8454)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4E2 #E2784A

analogous

#4AE2C4 #4AB4E2 #4A68E2

triadic

#4AB4E2 #E24AB4 #B4E24A

tetradic

#4AB4E2 #C44AE2 #E2784A #68E24A

square

#4AB4E2 #C44AE2 #E2784A #68E24A

split-complementary

#4AB4E2 #E24A68 #E2C44A

monochromatic

#197299 #219ACE #4AB4E2 #7FCAEA #B3E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4AB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4AB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4E2

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4E2	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaeb',
    500: '#4ab4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4e2;
$custom-light: #8dcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4E2

secondary

#E2B8A6

accent

#7039EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4E2

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

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