#4ABDE5#4ABDE5

#4ABDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.117 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABDE5
RGB	rgb(74, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -19.94, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 35.54, 235.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0828 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.117 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1588, 43.5043, 80.6578)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABDE5 #E5724A

analogous

#4AE5C0 #4ABDE5 #4A70E5

triadic

#4ABDE5 #E54ABD #BDE54A

tetradic

#4ABDE5 #C04AE5 #E5724A #70E54A

square

#4ABDE5 #C04AE5 #E5724A #70E54A

split-complementary

#4ABDE5 #E54A70 #E5C04A

monochromatic

#177B9E #1EA5D3 #4ABDE5 #80D1ED #B5E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4ABDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#4ABDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABDE5

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABDE5	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.117 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ed',
    500: '#4abde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abde5;
$custom-light: #8ed1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7495,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABDE5

secondary

#E4B7A7

accent

#6736F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABDE5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →