#4AB9DA#4AB9DA

#4AB9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.110 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9DA
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -21.30, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 33.49, 230.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0828 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.11 221)
XYZ	xyz(32.8227, 41.2122, 72.5410)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9DA #DA6B4A

analogous

#4ADAB3 #4AB9DA #4A71DA

triadic

#4AB9DA #DA4AB9 #B9DA4A

tetradic

#4AB9DA #B34ADA #DA6B4A #71DA4A

square

#4AB9DA #B34ADA #DA6B4A #71DA4A

split-complementary

#4AB9DA #DA4A71 #DAB34A

monochromatic

#1D738D #279DC0 #4AB9DA #7DCDE4 #B0E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4AB9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#4AB9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9DA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9DA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.110 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee5',
    500: '#4ab9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9da;
$custom-light: #8ccee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73557,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.41216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9DA

secondary

#DDB0A3

accent

#663FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9DA

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

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