#4AB6CE#4AB6CE

#4AB6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6CE
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -23.43, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 31.64, 222.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0844 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.103 215)
XYZ	xyz(30.6880, 39.3647, 64.3614)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6CE #CE624A

analogous

#4ACEA4 #4AB6CE #4A74CE

triadic

#4AB6CE #CE4AB6 #B6CE4A

tetradic

#4AB6CE #A44ACE #CE624A #74CE4A

square

#4AB6CE #A44ACE #CE624A #74CE4A

split-complementary

#4AB6CE #CE4A74 #CEA44A

monochromatic

#226C7C #2F95AC #4AB6CE #7AC9DB #AADDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4AB6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4AB6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6CE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6CE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccdd',
    500: '#4ab6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6ce;
$custom-light: #8bccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72364,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.39368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6CE

secondary

#D6A89E

accent

#6347E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6CE

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

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