#4AB9DC#4AB9DC

#4AB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9DC
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -20.68, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 33.87, 232.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0821 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.111 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0860, 41.3175, 73.9276)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9DC #DC6D4A

analogous

#4ADCB6 #4AB9DC #4A70DC

triadic

#4AB9DC #DC4AB9 #B9DC4A

tetradic

#4AB9DC #B64ADC #DC6D4A #70DC4A

square

#4AB9DC #B64ADC #DC6D4A #70DC4A

split-complementary

#4AB9DC #DC4A70 #DCB64A

monochromatic

#1C7490 #269DC3 #4AB9DC #7DCDE6 #B1E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4AB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#4AB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9DC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9DC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee7',
    500: '#4ab9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9dc;
$custom-light: #8dcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7364,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9DC

secondary

#DEB2A4

accent

#673DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9DC

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

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