#4ABCE5#4ABCE5

#4ABCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4ABCE5
RGBrgb(74, 188, 229)
HSLhsl(196, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(196, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.61, -19.42, -29.87)
CIE-LCHlch(71.61, 35.62, 236.96°)
OKLaboklab(74.72% -0.0818 -0.0835)
OKLCHoklch(74.72% 0.117 225.6)
XYZxyz(34.9444, 43.0756, 80.5863)
Luminance0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4ABCE5 #E5734A
analogous
#4AE5C1 #4ABCE5 #4A6FE5
triadic
#4ABCE5 #E54ABC #BCE54A
tetradic
#4ABCE5 #C14AE5 #E5734A #6FE54A
square
#4ABCE5 #C14AE5 #E5734A #6FE54A
split-complementary
#4ABCE5 #E54A6F #E5C14A
monochromatic
#177A9E #1EA4D3 #4ABCE5 #80D0ED #B5E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#4ABCE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62
#4ABCE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABCE5
9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4ABCE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4ABCE51.002.189.629.62
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6221.001.001.00
##0000009.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B8E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A9E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4abce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 225.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ed',
    500: '#4abce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4abce5;
$custom-light: #8ed0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4abce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74719,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4ABCE5
secondary
#E4B7A7
accent
#6836F1
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABCE5

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#4ABCE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva