#4AB5D5#4AB5D5

#4AB5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5D5
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -20.78, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 32.65, 230.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0807 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.107 221)
XYZ	xyz(31.3533, 39.3043, 68.8720)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5D5 #D56A4A

analogous

#4AD5B0 #4AB5D5 #4A70D5

triadic

#4AB5D5 #D54AB5 #B5D54A

tetradic

#4AB5D5 #B04AD5 #D56A4A #70D54A

square

#4AB5D5 #B04AD5 #D56A4A #70D54A

split-complementary

#4AB5D5 #D54A70 #D5B04A

monochromatic

#1F6E86 #2B97B7 #4AB5D5 #7CC9E1 #ADDEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4AB5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4AB5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5D5

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5D5	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe2',
    500: '#4ab5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5d5;
$custom-light: #8bcbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.813,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.39308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5D5

secondary

#DAAEA1

accent

#6842E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5D5

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

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