#4AB5DF#4AB5DF

#4AB5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5DF
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -17.66, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 34.88, 239.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.077 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.114 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6619, 39.8278, 75.7639)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5DF #DF744A

analogous

#4ADFBF #4AB5DF #4A6ADF

triadic

#4AB5DF #DF4AB5 #B5DF4A

tetradic

#4AB5DF #BF4ADF #DF744A #6ADF4A

square

#4AB5DF #BF4ADF #DF744A #6ADF4A

split-complementary

#4AB5DF #DF4A6A #DFBF4A

monochromatic

#1A7294 #239AC8 #4AB5DF #7ECAE8 #B2E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4AB5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4AB5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5DF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5DF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe9',
    500: '#4ab5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5df;
$custom-light: #8dcbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5DF

secondary

#E0B5A5

accent

#6D3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5DF

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

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