#4AB6CC#4AB6CC

#4AB6CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6CC
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -24.03, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 31.44, 220.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0852 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.102 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4466, 39.2681, 63.0900)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6CC #CC604A

analogous

#4ACCA1 #4AB6CC #4A75CC

triadic

#4AB6CC #CC4AB6 #B6CC4A

tetradic

#4AB6CC #A14ACC #CC604A #75CC4A

square

#4AB6CC #A14ACC #CC604A #75CC4A

split-complementary

#4AB6CC #CC4A75 #CCA14A

monochromatic

#226B79 #3095A9 #4AB6CC #7AC9D9 #A9DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4AB6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4AB6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6CC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6CC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccdb',
    500: '#4ab6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6cc;
$custom-light: #8bccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.154,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6CC

secondary

#D4A79D

accent

#6248DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6CC

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

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