#4AB5CC#4AB5CC

#4AB5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5CC
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -23.52, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 31.35, 221.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0842 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.102 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2425, 38.8600, 63.0219)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5CC #CC614A

analogous

#4ACCA2 #4AB5CC #4A74CC

triadic

#4AB5CC #CC4AB5 #B5CC4A

tetradic

#4AB5CC #A24ACC #CC614A #74CC4A

square

#4AB5CC #A24ACC #CC614A #74CC4A

split-complementary

#4AB5CC #CC4A74 #CCA24A

monochromatic

#226A79 #3094A9 #4AB5CC #7AC9D9 #A9DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4AB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5CC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5CC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbdb',
    500: '#4ab5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5cc;
$custom-light: #8bcbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72048,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5CC

secondary

#D4A79D

accent

#6348DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5CC

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

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