#4AB5D2#4AB5D2

#4AB5D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5D2
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -21.70, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 32.13, 227.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0818 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.105 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9760, 39.1534, 66.8852)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5D2 #D2674A

analogous

#4AD2AB #4AB5D2 #4A71D2

triadic

#4AB5D2 #D24AB5 #B5D24A

tetradic

#4AB5D2 #AB4AD2 #D2674A #71D24A

square

#4AB5D2 #AB4AD2 #D2674A #71D24A

split-complementary

#4AB5D2 #D24A71 #D2AB4A

monochromatic

#206D81 #2C96B2 #4AB5D2 #7BC9DE #ACDDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4AB5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4AB5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5D2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5D2	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbdf',
    500: '#4ab5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5d2;
$custom-light: #8bcbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.794,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5D2

secondary

#D8ACA0

accent

#6644E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5D2

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

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