#4AB9D1#4AB9D1

#4AB9D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9D1
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -24.04, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 32.19, 221.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0863 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.105 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6769, 40.7538, 66.5061)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9D1 #D1624A

analogous

#4AD1A6 #4AB9D1 #4A75D1

triadic

#4AB9D1 #D14AB9 #B9D14A

tetradic

#4AB9D1 #A64AD1 #D1624A #75D14A

square

#4AB9D1 #A64AD1 #D1624A #75D14A

split-complementary

#4AB9D1 #D14A75 #D1A64A

monochromatic

#216F80 #2D99B1 #4AB9D1 #7BCCDD #ACDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4AB9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4AB9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9D1

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9D1	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedf',
    500: '#4ab9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9d1;
$custom-light: #8bcedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73193,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9D1

secondary

#D8A99F

accent

#6145E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9D1

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

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