#4AB9DB#4AB9DB

#4AB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.110 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9DB
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -20.99, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 33.67, 231.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0825 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.11 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9540, 41.2647, 73.2322)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9DB #DB6C4A

analogous

#4ADBB4 #4AB9DB #4A71DB

triadic

#4AB9DB #DB4AB9 #B9DB4A

tetradic

#4AB9DB #B44ADB #DB6C4A #71DB4A

square

#4AB9DB #B44ADB #DB6C4A #71DB4A

split-complementary

#4AB9DB #DB4A71 #DBB44A

monochromatic

#1C748E #269DC1 #4AB9DB #7DCDE5 #B0E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4AB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#4AB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9DB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9DB	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.110 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee6',
    500: '#4ab9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9db;
$custom-light: #8ccee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73598,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9DB

secondary

#DEB1A3

accent

#663EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9DB

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

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