#4AB5EA#4AB5EA

#4AB5EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.123 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5EA
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -14.14, -35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 38.13, 248.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0731 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.123 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1933, 40.4403, 83.8297)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5EA #EA7F4A

analogous

#4AEACF #4AB5EA #4A65EA

triadic

#4AB5EA #EA4AB5 #B5EA4A

tetradic

#4AB5EA #CF4AEA #EA7F4A #65EA4A

square

#4AB5EA #CF4AEA #EA7F4A #65EA4A

split-complementary

#4AB5EA #EA4A65 #EACF4A

monochromatic

#1376A6 #1A9CDD #4AB5EA #81CBF0 #B8E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4AB5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#4AB5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5EA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5EA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.123 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbf1',
    500: '#4ab5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5ea;
$custom-light: #8ecbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.875,
    "s": 79.208,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73328,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5EA

secondary

#E6BEA9

accent

#4F0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5EA

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

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