#4AB3E1#4AB3E1

#4AB3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.116 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3E1
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -15.97, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 35.71, 243.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0742 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.116 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5293, 39.1287, 77.0578)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3E1 #E1784A

analogous

#4AE1C3 #4AB3E1 #4A67E1

triadic

#4AB3E1 #E14AB3 #B3E14A

tetradic

#4AB3E1 #C34AE1 #E1784A #67E14A

square

#4AB3E1 #C34AE1 #E1784A #67E14A

split-complementary

#4AB3E1 #E14A67 #E1C34A

monochromatic

#197197 #2298CC #4AB3E1 #7EC9EA #B3DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4AB3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4AB3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3E1

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3E1	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.116 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9ea',
    500: '#4ab3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3e1;
$custom-light: #8dc9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.278,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72462,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3E1

secondary

#E1B8A6

accent

#7139EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3E1

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

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