#4AB6D9#4AB6D9

#4AB6D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6D9
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -20.06, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 33.39, 233.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0802 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.109 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0713, 39.9180, 71.6469)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6D9 #D96D4A

analogous

#4AD9B4 #4AB6D9 #4A6FD9

triadic

#4AB6D9 #D94AB6 #B6D94A

tetradic

#4AB6D9 #B44AD9 #D96D4A #6FD94A

square

#4AB6D9 #B44AD9 #D96D4A #6FD94A

split-complementary

#4AB6D9 #D94A6F #D9B44A

monochromatic

#1D708B #2899BE #4AB6D9 #7DCAE4 #AFDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4AB6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4AB6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6D9

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6D9	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce4',
    500: '#4ab6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6d9;
$custom-light: #8ccce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.685,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6D9

secondary

#DCB1A2

accent

#6940E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6D9

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

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