#4AB7E2#4AB7E2

#4AB7E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB7E2
RGB	rgb(74, 183, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -17.76, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 35.42, 239.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0779 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.116 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4795, 40.8101, 78.0495)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB7E2 #E2754A

analogous

#4AE2C1 #4AB7E2 #4A6BE2

triadic

#4AB7E2 #E24AB7 #B7E24A

tetradic

#4AB7E2 #C14AE2 #E2754A #6BE24A

square

#4AB7E2 #C14AE2 #E2754A #6BE24A

split-complementary

#4AB7E2 #E24A6B #E2C14A

monochromatic

#197599 #219DCE #4AB7E2 #7FCCEA #B3E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4AB7E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#4AB7E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB7E2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB7E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB7E2	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab7e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 183, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcceb',
    500: '#4ab7e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab7e2;
$custom-light: #8dcceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab7e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.974,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73431,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB7E2

secondary

#E2B7A6

accent

#6C39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB7E2

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

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