#4AB9DE#4AB9DE

#4AB9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9DE
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -20.06, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 34.28, 234.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0813 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.112 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3525, 41.4241, 75.3310)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9DE #DE6F4A

analogous

#4ADEB9 #4AB9DE #4A6FDE

triadic

#4AB9DE #DE4AB9 #B9DE4A

tetradic

#4AB9DE #B94ADE #DE6F4A #6FDE4A

square

#4AB9DE #B94ADE #DE6F4A #6FDE4A

split-complementary

#4AB9DE #DE4A6F #DEB94A

monochromatic

#1B7593 #249EC7 #4AB9DE #7ECDE7 #B2E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4AB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#4AB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9DE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9DE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee8',
    500: '#4ab9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9de;
$custom-light: #8dcee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73724,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9DE

secondary

#DFB3A4

accent

#683CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9DE

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

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