#4ABAE2#4ABAE2

#4ABAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABAE2
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -19.32, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 35.10, 236.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0809 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.115 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1049, 42.0609, 78.2579)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABAE2 #E2724A

analogous

#4AE2BE #4ABAE2 #4A6EE2

triadic

#4ABAE2 #E24ABA #BAE24A

tetradic

#4ABAE2 #BE4AE2 #E2724A #6EE24A

square

#4ABAE2 #BE4AE2 #E2724A #6EE24A

split-complementary

#4ABAE2 #E24A6E #E2BE4A

monochromatic

#197799 #21A0CE #4ABAE2 #7FCEEA #B3E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4ABAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#4ABAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABAE2

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABAE2	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceeb',
    500: '#4abae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abae2;
$custom-light: #8dceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74127,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABAE2

secondary

#E2B6A6

accent

#6939EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABAE2

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

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