#4AB5CE#4AB5CE

#4AB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.103 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5CE
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -22.92, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 31.58, 223.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0834 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.103 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4839, 38.9566, 64.2934)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5CE #CE634A

analogous

#4ACEA5 #4AB5CE #4A73CE

triadic

#4AB5CE #CE4AB5 #B5CE4A

tetradic

#4AB5CE #A54ACE #CE634A #73CE4A

square

#4AB5CE #A54ACE #CE634A #73CE4A

split-complementary

#4AB5CE #CE4A73 #CEA54A

monochromatic

#226B7C #2F94AC #4AB5CE #7AC9DB #AADCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4AB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5CE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5CE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.103 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbdd',
    500: '#4ab5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5ce;
$custom-light: #8bcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72127,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5CE

secondary

#D6A99E

accent

#6447E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5CE

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

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