#4AB9D2#4AB9D2

#4AB9D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9D2
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -23.74, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 32.30, 222.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0859 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.105 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8011, 40.8035, 67.1602)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9D2 #D2634A

analogous

#4AD2A7 #4AB9D2 #4A75D2

triadic

#4AB9D2 #D24AB9 #B9D24A

tetradic

#4AB9D2 #A74AD2 #D2634A #75D24A

square

#4AB9D2 #A74AD2 #D2634A #75D24A

split-complementary

#4AB9D2 #D24A75 #D2A74A

monochromatic

#207081 #2C9AB2 #4AB9D2 #7BCCDE #ACDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4AB9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#4AB9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9D2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9D2	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedf',
    500: '#4ab9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9d2;
$custom-light: #8bcedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.029,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9D2

secondary

#D8AAA0

accent

#6244E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9D2

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

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