#4AB6DF#4AB6DF

#4AB6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6DF
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -18.18, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 34.76, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.078 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.114 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8659, 40.2359, 75.8319)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6DF #DF734A

analogous

#4ADFBD #4AB6DF #4A6BDF

triadic

#4AB6DF #DF4AB6 #B6DF4A

tetradic

#4AB6DF #BD4ADF #DF734A #6BDF4A

square

#4AB6DF #BD4ADF #DF734A #6BDF4A

split-complementary

#4AB6DF #DF4A6B #DFBD4A

monochromatic

#1A7394 #239BC8 #4AB6DF #7ECBE8 #B2E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4AB6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4AB6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6DF

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6DF	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce9',
    500: '#4ab6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6df;
$custom-light: #8dcce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.51,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73069,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6DF

secondary

#E0B5A5

accent

#6C3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6DF

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

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