#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
RGBrgb(74, 185, 216)
HSLhsl(193, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(193, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.25, -21.91, -24.86)
CIE-LCHlch(70.25, 33.14, 228.61°)
OKLaboklab(73.47% -0.0836 -0.0693)
OKLCHoklch(73.47% 0.109 219.6)
XYZxyz(32.5626, 41.1081, 71.1710)
Luminance0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##4AB9D81.002.289.229.22
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2221.001.001.00
##0000009.2221.001.001.00

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

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#4AB9D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva