#4AB3E5#4AB3E5

#4AB3E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3E5
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -14.69, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 36.93, 246.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0728 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.12 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0814, 39.3496, 79.9653)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3E5 #E57C4A

analogous

#4AE5CA #4AB3E5 #4A66E5

triadic

#4AB3E5 #E54AB3 #B3E54A

tetradic

#4AB3E5 #CA4AE5 #E57C4A #66E54A

square

#4AB3E5 #CA4AE5 #E57C4A #66E54A

split-complementary

#4AB3E5 #E54A66 #E5CA4A

monochromatic

#17729E #1E99D3 #4AB3E5 #80C9ED #B5E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4AB3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4AB3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3E5

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3E5	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9ed',
    500: '#4ab3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3e5;
$custom-light: #8dc9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72641,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3E5

secondary

#E4BBA7

accent

#7336F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3E5

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

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