#4AB4D5#4AB4D5

#4AB4D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4D5
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -20.26, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 32.67, 231.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0796 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.107 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1507, 38.8991, 68.8045)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4D5 #D56B4A

analogous

#4AD5B1 #4AB4D5 #4A6FD5

triadic

#4AB4D5 #D54AB4 #B4D54A

tetradic

#4AB4D5 #B14AD5 #D56B4A #6FD54A

square

#4AB4D5 #B14AD5 #D56B4A #6FD54A

split-complementary

#4AB4D5 #D54A6F #D5B14A

monochromatic

#1F6D86 #2B96B7 #4AB4D5 #7CC9E1 #ADDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4AB4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4D5

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4D5	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae2',
    500: '#4ab4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4d5;
$custom-light: #8bcae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4D5

secondary

#DAAEA1

accent

#6942E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4D5

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

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