#4AB8E2#4AB8E2

#4AB8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8E2
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -18.28, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 35.30, 238.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0789 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.116 227)
XYZ	xyz(33.6865, 41.2241, 78.1185)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8E2 #E2744A

analogous

#4AE2C0 #4AB8E2 #4A6CE2

triadic

#4AB8E2 #E24AB8 #B8E24A

tetradic

#4AB8E2 #C04AE2 #E2744A #6CE24A

square

#4AB8E2 #C04AE2 #E2744A #6CE24A

split-complementary

#4AB8E2 #E24A6C #E2C04A

monochromatic

#197699 #219ECE #4AB8E2 #7FCDEA #B3E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4AB8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#4AB8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8E2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8E2	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdeb',
    500: '#4ab8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8e2;
$custom-light: #8dcdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73663,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.41228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8E2

secondary

#E2B7A6

accent

#6B39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8E2

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

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