#4AB5D0#4AB5D0

#4AB5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.104 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5D0
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 208)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 13%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -22.31, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 31.84, 225.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0826 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.104 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7284, 39.0544, 65.5811)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5D0 #D0654A

analogous

#4AD0A8 #4AB5D0 #4A72D0

triadic

#4AB5D0 #D04AB5 #B5D04A

tetradic

#4AB5D0 #A84AD0 #D0654A #72D04A

square

#4AB5D0 #A84AD0 #D0654A #72D04A

split-complementary

#4AB5D0 #D04A72 #D0A84A

monochromatic

#216C7F #2E95AF #4AB5D0 #7BC9DD #ABDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4AB5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4AB5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5D0

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5D0	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.104 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbde',
    500: '#4ab5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5d0;
$custom-light: #8bcbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.09,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5D0

secondary

#D7AA9F

accent

#6546E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5D0

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

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