#4AB5DE#4AB5DE

#4AB5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5DE
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -17.97, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 34.62, 238.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0773 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.113 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5274, 39.7740, 75.0560)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5DE #DE734A

analogous

#4ADEBD #4AB5DE #4A6BDE

triadic

#4AB5DE #DE4AB5 #B5DE4A

tetradic

#4AB5DE #BD4ADE #DE734A #6BDE4A

square

#4AB5DE #BD4ADE #DE734A #6BDE4A

split-complementary

#4AB5DE #DE4A6B #DEBD4A

monochromatic

#1B7293 #249AC7 #4AB5DE #7ECAE7 #B2DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4AB5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#4AB5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5DE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5DE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe8',
    500: '#4ab5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5de;
$custom-light: #8dcbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.622,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5DE

secondary

#DFB5A4

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5DE

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

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