#4AB9D9#4AB9D9

#4AB9D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9D9
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -21.60, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 33.31, 229.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0832 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.109 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6923, 41.1600, 71.8539)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9D9 #D96A4A

analogous

#4AD9B2 #4AB9D9 #4A71D9

triadic

#4AB9D9 #D94AB9 #B9D94A

tetradic

#4AB9D9 #B24AD9 #D96A4A #71D94A

square

#4AB9D9 #B24AD9 #D96A4A #71D94A

split-complementary

#4AB9D9 #D94A71 #D9B24A

monochromatic

#1D738B #289CBE #4AB9D9 #7DCDE4 #AFE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4AB9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#4AB9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9D9

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9D9	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee4',
    500: '#4ab9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9d9;
$custom-light: #8ccee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.427,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73516,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9D9

secondary

#DCAFA2

accent

#6540E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9D9

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

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