#4AB5DC#4AB5DC

#4AB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5DC
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -18.60, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 34.13, 236.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0781 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.112 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2610, 39.6674, 73.6526)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5DC #DC714A

analogous

#4ADCBA #4AB5DC #4A6CDC

triadic

#4AB5DC #DC4AB5 #B5DC4A

tetradic

#4AB5DC #BA4ADC #DC714A #6CDC4A

square

#4AB5DC #BA4ADC #DC714A #6CDC4A

split-complementary

#4AB5DC #DC4A6C #DCBA4A

monochromatic

#1C7190 #2699C3 #4AB5DC #7DCAE6 #B1DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4AB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#4AB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5DC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5DC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe7',
    500: '#4ab5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5dc;
$custom-light: #8ccbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72707,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5DC

secondary

#DEB3A4

accent

#6C3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5DC

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

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