#4AB6EA#4AB6EA

#4AB6EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.123 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AB6EA
RGBrgb(74, 182, 234)
HSLhsl(200, 79%, 60%)
HSVhsv(200, 68%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.07, -14.68, -34.96)
CIE-LCHlch(70.07, 37.91, 247.23°)
OKLaboklab(73.56% -0.0741 -0.0982)
OKLCHoklch(73.56% 0.123 233)
XYZxyz(34.3974, 40.8485, 83.8977)
Luminance0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AB6EA #EA7E4A
analogous
#4AEACE #4AB6EA #4A66EA
triadic
#4AB6EA #EA4AB6 #B6EA4A
tetradic
#4AB6EA #CE4AEA #EA7E4A #66EA4A
square
#4AB6EA #CE4AEA #EA7E4A #66EA4A
split-complementary
#4AB6EA #EA4A66 #EACE4A
monochromatic
#1377A6 #1A9EDD #4AB6EA #81CCF0 #B8E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#4AB6EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17
#4AB6EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6EA
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AB6EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AB6EA1.002.299.179.17
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1721.001.001.00
##0000009.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CB4EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A4E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ab6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.123 233.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbf1',
    500: '#4ab6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ab6ea;
$custom-light: #8ecbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ab6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.5,
    "s": 79.208,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73557,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.40852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AB6EA
secondary
#E6BDA9
accent
#4E0ADC
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4AB6EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva