#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
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -19.54, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 33.45, 234.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0792 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.11 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8672, 39.5099, 71.5789)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4AB5D9	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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