#4AB4E5#4AB4E5

#4AB4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.119 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4E5
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -15.22, -33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 36.74, 245.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0738 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.119 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2826, 39.7519, 80.0324)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4E5 #E57B4A

analogous

#4AE5C9 #4AB4E5 #4A67E5

triadic

#4AB4E5 #E54AB4 #B4E54A

tetradic

#4AB4E5 #C94AE5 #E57B4A #67E54A

square

#4AB4E5 #C94AE5 #E57B4A #67E54A

split-complementary

#4AB4E5 #E54A67 #E5C94A

monochromatic

#17739E #1E9AD3 #4AB4E5 #80CAED #B5E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4AB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#4AB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4E5

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4E5	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.119 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaed',
    500: '#4ab4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4e5;
$custom-light: #8dcaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.968,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72871,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4E5

secondary

#E4BAA7

accent

#7136F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4E5

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

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