#4AB5D4#4AB5D4

#4AB5D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5D4
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -21.09, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 32.47, 229.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.081 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.106 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2267, 39.2537, 68.2056)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5D4 #D4694A

analogous

#4AD4AE #4AB5D4 #4A70D4

triadic

#4AB5D4 #D44AB5 #B5D44A

tetradic

#4AB5D4 #AE4AD4 #D4694A #70D44A

square

#4AB5D4 #AE4AD4 #D4694A #70D44A

split-complementary

#4AB5D4 #D44A70 #D4AE4A

monochromatic

#1F6E84 #2B97B6 #4AB5D4 #7BC9E0 #ADDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4AB5D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4AB5D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5D4

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5D4	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe1',
    500: '#4ab5d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5d4;
$custom-light: #8bcbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.478,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5D4

secondary

#D9ADA0

accent

#6743E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5D4

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

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