#4AB5E0#4AB5E0

#4AB5E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.115 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5E0
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 224)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -17.34, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 35.14, 240.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0766 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.115 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7971, 39.8818, 76.4761)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5E0 #E0754A

analogous

#4AE0C0 #4AB5E0 #4A6AE0

triadic

#4AB5E0 #E04AB5 #B5E04A

tetradic

#4AB5E0 #C04AE0 #E0754A #6AE04A

square

#4AB5E0 #C04AE0 #E0754A #6AE04A

split-complementary

#4AB5E0 #E04A6A #E0C04A

monochromatic

#1A7296 #239ACA #4AB5E0 #7ECAE9 #B3E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4AB5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4AB5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5E0

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5E0	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.115 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe9',
    500: '#4ab5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5e0;
$custom-light: #8dcbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7288,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5E0

secondary

#E1B6A5

accent

#6E3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5E0

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

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