#4AB6D8#4AB6D8

#4AB6D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6D8
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -20.37, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 33.19, 232.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0806 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.109 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9416, 39.8662, 70.9640)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6D8 #D86C4A

analogous

#4AD8B3 #4AB6D8 #4A6FD8

triadic

#4AB6D8 #D84AB6 #B6D84A

tetradic

#4AB6D8 #B34AD8 #D86C4A #6FD84A

square

#4AB6D8 #B34AD8 #D86C4A #6FD84A

split-complementary

#4AB6D8 #D84A6F #D8B34A

monochromatic

#1E708A #2999BC #4AB6D8 #7CCAE3 #AFDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4AB6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4AB6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6D8

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6D8	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce4',
    500: '#4ab6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6d8;
$custom-light: #8ccce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6D8

secondary

#DCB0A2

accent

#6840E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6D8

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

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