#4AB9D7#4AB9D7

#4AB9D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9D7
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 14%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -22.22, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 32.98, 227.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.084 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.108 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4337, 41.0565, 70.4922)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9D7 #D7684A

analogous

#4AD7AF #4AB9D7 #4A73D7

triadic

#4AB9D7 #D74AB9 #B9D74A

tetradic

#4AB9D7 #AF4AD7 #D7684A #73D74A

square

#4AB9D7 #AF4AD7 #D7684A #73D74A

split-complementary

#4AB9D7 #D74A73 #D7AF4A

monochromatic

#1E7288 #299CBB #4AB9D7 #7CCCE2 #AEE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4AB9D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#4AB9D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9D7

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9D7	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee3',
    500: '#4ab9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9d7;
$custom-light: #8ccee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9D7

secondary

#DBAEA2

accent

#6441E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9D7

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

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