#4AB5DD#4AB5DD

#4AB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5DD
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -18.29, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 34.37, 237.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0777 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.113 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3938, 39.7205, 74.3522)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5DD #DD724A

analogous

#4ADDBC #4AB5DD #4A6BDD

triadic

#4AB5DD #DD4AB5 #B5DD4A

tetradic

#4AB5DD #BC4ADD #DD724A #6BDD4A

square

#4AB5DD #BC4ADD #DD724A #6BDD4A

split-complementary

#4AB5DD #DD4A6B #DDBC4A

monochromatic

#1B7191 #2599C5 #4AB5DD #7ECAE7 #B1DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4AB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4AB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5DD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5DD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe7',
    500: '#4ab5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5dd;
$custom-light: #8ccbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7275,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5DD

secondary

#DFB4A4

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5DD

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

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