#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
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -14.68, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 37.91, 247.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0741 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.123 233)
XYZ	xyz(34.3974, 40.8485, 83.8977)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4AB6EA	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4AB6EA

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

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