#4ABAE5#4ABAE5

#4ABAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABAE5
RGB	rgb(74, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -18.38, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 35.83, 239.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0798 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.117 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5201, 42.2270, 80.4449)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABAE5 #E5754A

analogous

#4AE5C2 #4ABAE5 #4A6DE5

triadic

#4ABAE5 #E54ABA #BAE54A

tetradic

#4ABAE5 #C24AE5 #E5754A #6DE54A

square

#4ABAE5 #C24AE5 #E5754A #6DE54A

split-complementary

#4ABAE5 #E54A6D #E5C24A

monochromatic

#17789E #1EA1D3 #4ABAE5 #80CEED #B5E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4ABAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#4ABAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABAE5

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABAE5	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceed',
    500: '#4abae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abae5;
$custom-light: #8eceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.645,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74256,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABAE5

secondary

#E4B8A7

accent

#6A36F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABAE5

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

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