#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
RGBrgb(74, 182, 222)
HSLhsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.60, -18.50, -29.14)
CIE-LCHlch(69.60, 34.52, 237.60°)
OKLaboklab(73.03% -0.0783 -0.0815)
OKLCHoklch(73.03% 0.113 226.1)
XYZxyz(32.7315, 40.1821, 75.1240)
Luminance0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4AB6DE1.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

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

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#4AB6DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva