#4AB5E5#4AB5E5

#4AB5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AB5E5
RGBrgb(74, 181, 229)
HSLhsl(199, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(199, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 21%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.58, -15.75, -32.99)
CIE-LCHlch(69.58, 36.56, 244.48°)
OKLaboklab(73.1% -0.0748 -0.0925)
OKLCHoklch(73.1% 0.119 231)
XYZxyz(33.4852, 40.1571, 80.0999)
Luminance0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AB5E5 #E57A4A
analogous
#4AE5C8 #4AB5E5 #4A68E5
triadic
#4AB5E5 #E54AB5 #B5E54A
tetradic
#4AB5E5 #C84AE5 #E57A4A #68E54A
square
#4AB5E5 #C84AE5 #E57A4A #68E54A
split-complementary
#4AB5E5 #E54A68 #E5C84A
monochromatic
#17749E #1E9BD3 #4AB5E5 #80CBED #B5E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#4AB5E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03
#4AB5E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5E5
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AB5E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AB5E51.002.339.039.03
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0321.001.001.00
##0000009.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DB3E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87A3E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ab5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 231.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbed',
    500: '#4ab5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ab5e5;
$custom-light: #8dcbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ab5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.581,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.40161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AB5E5
secondary
#E4BAA7
accent
#7036F1
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5E5

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#4AB5E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva