#4AB9D5#4AB9D5

#4AB9D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9D5
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -22.83, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 32.68, 225.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0848 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.107 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1783, 40.9544, 69.1470)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9D5 #D5664A

analogous

#4AD5AC #4AB9D5 #4A74D5

triadic

#4AB9D5 #D54AB9 #B9D54A

tetradic

#4AB9D5 #AC4AD5 #D5664A #74D54A

square

#4AB9D5 #AC4AD5 #D5664A #74D54A

split-complementary

#4AB9D5 #D54A74 #D5AC4A

monochromatic

#1F7186 #2B9BB7 #4AB9D5 #7CCCE1 #ADDFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4AB9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#4AB9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9D5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9D5	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee2',
    500: '#4ab9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9d5;
$custom-light: #8ccee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.086,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9D5

secondary

#DAACA1

accent

#6342E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9D5

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

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