#4AB4E1#4AB4E1

#4AB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4E1
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -16.50, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 35.56, 242.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0752 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.116 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7305, 39.5310, 77.1249)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4E1 #E1774A

analogous

#4AE1C2 #4AB4E1 #4A68E1

triadic

#4AB4E1 #E14AB4 #B4E14A

tetradic

#4AB4E1 #C24AE1 #E1774A #68E14A

square

#4AB4E1 #C24AE1 #E1774A #68E14A

split-complementary

#4AB4E1 #E14A68 #E1C24A

monochromatic

#197297 #2299CC #4AB4E1 #7ECAEA #B3E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4AB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4AB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4E1

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4E1	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaea',
    500: '#4ab4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4e1;
$custom-light: #8dcaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72693,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4E1

secondary

#E1B7A6

accent

#6F39EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4E1

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

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