#4AB5DB#4AB5DB

#4AB5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5DB
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -18.91, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 33.89, 236.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0784 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.111 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1290, 39.6146, 72.9572)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5DB #DB704A

analogous

#4ADBB8 #4AB5DB #4A6DDB

triadic

#4AB5DB #DB4AB5 #B5DB4A

tetradic

#4AB5DB #B84ADB #DB704A #6DDB4A

square

#4AB5DB #B84ADB #DB704A #6DDB4A

split-complementary

#4AB5DB #DB4A6D #DBB84A

monochromatic

#1C708E #2699C1 #4AB5DB #7DCAE5 #B0DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4AB5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4AB5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5DB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5DB	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe6',
    500: '#4ab5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5db;
$custom-light: #8ccbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72664,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5DB

secondary

#DEB2A3

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5DB

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

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