#4AB6E2#4AB6E2

#4AB6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.116 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6E2
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -17.23, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 35.55, 241.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0769 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.116 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2740, 40.3991, 77.9810)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6E2 #E2764A

analogous

#4AE2C2 #4AB6E2 #4A6AE2

triadic

#4AB6E2 #E24AB6 #B6E24A

tetradic

#4AB6E2 #C24AE2 #E2764A #6AE24A

square

#4AB6E2 #C24AE2 #E2764A #6AE24A

split-complementary

#4AB6E2 #E24A6A #E2C24A

monochromatic

#197499 #219CCE #4AB6E2 #7FCBEA #B3E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4AB6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#4AB6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6E2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6E2	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.116 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcceb',
    500: '#4ab6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6e2;
$custom-light: #8dcceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6E2

secondary

#E2B7A6

accent

#6E39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6E2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →