#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
RGBrgb(74, 181, 222)
HSLhsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.31, -17.97, -29.59)
CIE-LCHlch(69.31, 34.62, 238.73°)
OKLaboklab(72.79% -0.0773 -0.0828)
OKLCHoklch(72.79% 0.113 226.9)
XYZxyz(32.5274, 39.7740, 75.0560)
Luminance0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4AB5DE1.002.348.968.96
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9621.001.001.00
##0000008.9621.001.001.00

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

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#4AB5DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva