#4AB5CB#4AB5CB

#4AB5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5CB
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -23.82, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 31.25, 220.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0846 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.102 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1230, 38.8122, 62.3923)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5CB #CB604A

analogous

#4ACBA1 #4AB5CB #4A74CB

triadic

#4AB5CB #CB4AB5 #B5CB4A

tetradic

#4AB5CB #A14ACB #CB604A #74CB4A

square

#4AB5CB #A14ACB #CB604A #74CB4A

split-complementary

#4AB5CB #CB4A74 #CBA14A

monochromatic

#236978 #3093A8 #4AB5CB #7AC8D9 #A9DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4AB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5CB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5CB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbda',
    500: '#4ab5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5cb;
$custom-light: #8acbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.233,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72008,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5CB

secondary

#D4A69D

accent

#6349DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5CB

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

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