#4AB5D9#4AB5D9

#4AB5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AB5D9
RGBrgb(74, 181, 217)
HSLhsl(195, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(195, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.12, -19.54, -27.15)
CIE-LCHlch(69.12, 33.45, 234.25°)
OKLaboklab(72.58% -0.0792 -0.0758)
OKLCHoklch(72.58% 0.11 223.8)
XYZxyz(31.8672, 39.5099, 71.5789)
Luminance0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AB5D9 #D96E4A
analogous
#4AD9B6 #4AB5D9 #4A6ED9
triadic
#4AB5D9 #D94AB5 #B5D94A
tetradic
#4AB5D9 #B64AD9 #D96E4A #6ED94A
square
#4AB5D9 #B64AD9 #D96E4A #6ED94A
split-complementary
#4AB5D9 #D94A6E #D9B64A
monochromatic
#1D708B #2898BE #4AB5D9 #7DCAE4 #AFDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#4AB5D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90
#4AB5D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5D9
8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AB5D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AB5D91.002.368.908.90
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9021.001.001.00
##0000008.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B1DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA2D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ab5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 223.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe4',
    500: '#4ab5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ab5d9;
$custom-light: #8ccbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ab5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.105,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72579,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AB5D9
secondary
#DCB1A2
accent
#6A40E8
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FB
border
#CCD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5D9

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#4AB5D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva