#4AB9D0#4AB9D0

#4AB9D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.104 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9D0
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 208)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -24.34, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 32.10, 220.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0867 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.104 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5535, 40.7044, 65.8561)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9D0 #D0614A

analogous

#4AD0A4 #4AB9D0 #4A76D0

triadic

#4AB9D0 #D04AB9 #B9D04A

tetradic

#4AB9D0 #A44AD0 #D0614A #76D04A

square

#4AB9D0 #A44AD0 #D0614A #76D04A

split-complementary

#4AB9D0 #D04A76 #D0A44A

monochromatic

#216F7F #2E99AF #4AB9D0 #7BCCDD #ABDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4AB9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4AB9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9D0

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9D0	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.104 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcede',
    500: '#4ab9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9d0;
$custom-light: #8bcede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.299,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73153,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9D0

secondary

#D7A99F

accent

#6146E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9D0

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

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