#4AB9D8#4AB9D8

#4AB9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9D8
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -21.91, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 33.14, 228.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0836 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.109 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5626, 41.1081, 71.1710)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9D8 #D8694A

analogous

#4AD8B0 #4AB9D8 #4A72D8

triadic

#4AB9D8 #D84AB9 #B9D84A

tetradic

#4AB9D8 #B04AD8 #D8694A #72D84A

square

#4AB9D8 #B04AD8 #D8694A #72D84A

split-complementary

#4AB9D8 #D84A72 #D8B04A

monochromatic

#1E728A #299CBC #4AB9D8 #7CCCE3 #AFE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4AB9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#4AB9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9D8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9D8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee4',
    500: '#4ab9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9d8;
$custom-light: #8ccee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.099,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9D8

secondary

#DCAFA2

accent

#6540E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9D8

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

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