#4AB6DE#4AB6DE

#4AB6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6DE
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -18.50, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 34.52, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0783 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.113 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7315, 40.1821, 75.1240)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6DE #DE724A

analogous

#4ADEBC #4AB6DE #4A6CDE

triadic

#4AB6DE #DE4AB6 #B6DE4A

tetradic

#4AB6DE #BC4ADE #DE724A #6CDE4A

square

#4AB6DE #BC4ADE #DE724A #6CDE4A

split-complementary

#4AB6DE #DE4A6C #DEBC4A

monochromatic

#1B7293 #249BC7 #4AB6DE #7ECBE7 #B2E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4AB6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4AB6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6DE

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6DE	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce8',
    500: '#4ab6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6de;
$custom-light: #8dcce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73026,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6DE

secondary

#DFB4A4

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6DE

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

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