#4ABAE1#4ABAE1

#4ABAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABAE1
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -19.64, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 34.87, 235.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0812 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.114 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9681, 42.0062, 77.5374)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABAE1 #E1714A

analogous

#4AE1BD #4ABAE1 #4A6EE1

triadic

#4ABAE1 #E14ABA #BAE14A

tetradic

#4ABAE1 #BD4AE1 #E1714A #6EE14A

square

#4ABAE1 #BD4AE1 #E1714A #6EE14A

split-complementary

#4ABAE1 #E14A6E #E1BD4A

monochromatic

#197797 #22A0CC #4ABAE1 #7ECEEA #B3E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4ABAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#4ABAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABAE1

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABAE1	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceea',
    500: '#4abae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abae1;
$custom-light: #8dceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.497,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74084,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABAE1

secondary

#E1B5A6

accent

#6839EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABAE1

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

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