#4AB5CF#4AB5CF

#4AB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.103 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5CF
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -22.61, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 31.70, 224.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.083 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.103 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6058, 39.0053, 64.9352)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5CF #CF644A

analogous

#4ACFA6 #4AB5CF #4A73CF

triadic

#4AB5CF #CF4AB5 #B5CF4A

tetradic

#4AB5CF #A64ACF #CF644A #73CF4A

square

#4AB5CF #A64ACF #CF644A #73CF4A

split-complementary

#4AB5CF #CF4A73 #CFA64A

monochromatic

#216B7D #2E95AE #4AB5CF #7AC9DC #ABDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4AB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4AB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5CF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5CF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.103 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbdd',
    500: '#4ab5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5cf;
$custom-light: #8bcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.729,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72167,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5CF

secondary

#D6A99F

accent

#6546E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5CF

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

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