#4AB9D3#4AB9D3

#4AB9D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9D3
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -23.44, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 32.42, 223.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0855 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.106 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9260, 40.8535, 67.8183)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9D3 #D3644A

analogous

#4AD3A8 #4AB9D3 #4A74D3

triadic

#4AB9D3 #D34AB9 #B9D34A

tetradic

#4AB9D3 #A84AD3 #D3644A #74D34A

square

#4AB9D3 #A84AD3 #D3644A #74D34A

split-complementary

#4AB9D3 #D34A74 #D3A84A

monochromatic

#207083 #2C9AB4 #4AB9D3 #7BCCDF #ACDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4AB9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4AB9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9D3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9D3	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee0',
    500: '#4ab9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9d3;
$custom-light: #8ccee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.387,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9D3

secondary

#D9ABA0

accent

#6244E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9D3

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

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