#4AB5CD#4AB5CD

#4AB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.102 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5CD
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -23.22, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 31.46, 222.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0838 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.102 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3628, 38.9081, 63.6556)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5CD #CD624A

analogous

#4ACDA3 #4AB5CD #4A74CD

triadic

#4AB5CD #CD4AB5 #B5CD4A

tetradic

#4AB5CD #A34ACD #CD624A #74CD4A

square

#4AB5CD #A34ACD #CD624A #74CD4A

split-complementary

#4AB5CD #CD4A74 #CDA34A

monochromatic

#226A7B #2F94AB #4AB5CD #7AC9DA #AADCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4AB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5CD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5CD	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)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.102 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbdc',
    500: '#4ab5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5cd;
$custom-light: #8bcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5CD

secondary

#D5A89E

accent

#6448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5CD

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

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