#4AB9E5#4AB9E5

#4AB9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.118 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9E5
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -17.86, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 35.95, 240.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0788 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.118 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3102, 41.8071, 80.3749)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9E5 #E5764A

analogous

#4AE5C3 #4AB9E5 #4A6CE5

triadic

#4AB9E5 #E54AB9 #B9E54A

tetradic

#4AB9E5 #C34AE5 #E5764A #6CE54A

square

#4AB9E5 #C34AE5 #E5764A #6CE54A

split-complementary

#4AB9E5 #E54A6C #E5C34A

monochromatic

#17789E #1EA0D3 #4AB9E5 #80CEED #B5E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4AB9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#4AB9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9E5

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9E5	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.118 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceed',
    500: '#4ab9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9e5;
$custom-light: #8eceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.032,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74024,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9E5

secondary

#E4B8A7

accent

#6B36F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9E5

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

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