#4AB5E2#4AB5E2

#4AB5E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5E2
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -16.71, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 35.69, 242.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0759 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.116 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0699, 39.9910, 77.9129)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5E2 #E2774A

analogous

#4AE2C3 #4AB5E2 #4A69E2

triadic

#4AB5E2 #E24AB5 #B5E24A

tetradic

#4AB5E2 #C34AE2 #E2774A #69E24A

square

#4AB5E2 #C34AE2 #E2774A #69E24A

split-complementary

#4AB5E2 #E24A69 #E2C34A

monochromatic

#197399 #219BCE #4AB5E2 #7FCBEA #B3E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4AB5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4AB5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5E2

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5E2	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbeb',
    500: '#4ab5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5e2;
$custom-light: #8dcbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.763,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5E2

secondary

#E2B8A6

accent

#6F39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5E2

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

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