#4AB9ED#4AB9ED

#4AB9ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.124 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB9ED
RGB	rgb(74, 185, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 21.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -15.31, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 38.26, 246.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.076 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.124 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4530, 42.2643, 86.3937)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB9ED #ED7E4A

analogous

#4AEDCF #4AB9ED #4A67ED

triadic

#4AB9ED #ED4AB9 #B9ED4A

tetradic

#4AB9ED #CF4AED #ED7E4A #67ED4A

square

#4AB9ED #CF4AED #ED7E4A #67ED4A

split-complementary

#4AB9ED #ED4A67 #EDCF4A

monochromatic

#117AAC #17A2E3 #4AB9ED #82CFF3 #B9E4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4AB9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#4AB9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB9ED

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB9ED	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 185, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.124 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcef3',
    500: '#4ab9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab9ed;
$custom-light: #8fcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.141,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7438,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB9ED

secondary

#E8BEAB

accent

#4C07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB9ED

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

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