#4AB9D4#4AB9D4

#4AB9D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9D4
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -23.13, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 32.55, 224.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0851 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.106 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0518, 40.9038, 68.4806)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9D4 #D4654A

analogous

#4AD4AA #4AB9D4 #4A74D4

triadic

#4AB9D4 #D44AB9 #B9D44A

tetradic

#4AB9D4 #AA4AD4 #D4654A #74D44A

square

#4AB9D4 #AA4AD4 #D4654A #74D44A

split-complementary

#4AB9D4 #D44A74 #D4AA4A

monochromatic

#1F7084 #2B9BB6 #4AB9D4 #7BCCE0 #ADDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4AB9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4AB9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9D4

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9D4	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee1',
    500: '#4ab9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9d4;
$custom-light: #8ccee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73312,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9D4

secondary

#D9ACA0

accent

#6343E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9D4

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

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