#4AB1E1#4AB1E1

#4AB1E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB1E1
RGB	rgb(74, 177, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -14.90, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 36.07, 245.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0722 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.117 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1314, 38.3329, 76.9252)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB1E1 #E17A4A

analogous

#4AE1C5 #4AB1E1 #4A65E1

triadic

#4AB1E1 #E14AB1 #B1E14A

tetradic

#4AB1E1 #C54AE1 #E17A4A #65E14A

square

#4AB1E1 #C54AE1 #E17A4A #65E14A

split-complementary

#4AB1E1 #E14A65 #E1C54A

monochromatic

#196F97 #2296CC #4AB1E1 #7EC8EA #B3DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4AB1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4AB1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB1E1

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB1E1	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 177, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8ea',
    500: '#4ab1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab1e1;
$custom-light: #8dc8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.073,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB1E1

secondary

#E1B9A6

accent

#7339EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB1E1

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

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