#4AB6DD#4AB6DD

#4AB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6DD
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -18.81, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 34.28, 236.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0787 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.112 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5979, 40.1287, 74.4202)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6DD #DD714A

analogous

#4ADDBA #4AB6DD #4A6DDD

triadic

#4AB6DD #DD4AB6 #B6DD4A

tetradic

#4AB6DD #BA4ADD #DD714A #6DDD4A

square

#4AB6DD #BA4ADD #DD714A #6DDD4A

split-complementary

#4AB6DD #DD4A6D #DDBA4A

monochromatic

#1B7291 #259AC5 #4AB6DD #7ECBE7 #B1E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4AB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4AB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6DD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6DD	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce7',
    500: '#4ab6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6dd;
$custom-light: #8ccce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6DD

secondary

#DFB4A4

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6DD

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

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