#4AB7DE#4AB7DE

#4AB7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB7DE
RGB	rgb(74, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -19.02, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 34.42, 236.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0793 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.113 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9370, 40.5932, 75.1925)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB7DE #DE714A

analogous

#4ADEBB #4AB7DE #4A6DDE

triadic

#4AB7DE #DE4AB7 #B7DE4A

tetradic

#4AB7DE #BB4ADE #DE714A #6DDE4A

square

#4AB7DE #BB4ADE #DE714A #6DDE4A

split-complementary

#4AB7DE #DE4A6D #DEBB4A

monochromatic

#1B7393 #249CC7 #4AB7DE #7ECCE7 #B2E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4AB7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4AB7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB7DE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB7DE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce8',
    500: '#4ab7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab7de;
$custom-light: #8dcce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73258,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB7DE

secondary

#DFB4A4

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB7DE

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

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