#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
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 21%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -15.75, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 36.56, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0748 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.119 231)
XYZ	xyz(33.4852, 40.1571, 80.0999)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4AB5E5	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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