#4ABEE9#4ABEE9

#4ABEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.119 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ABEE9
RGB	rgb(74, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -19.20, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 36.39, 238.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0823 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.119 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9395, 44.1620, 83.7050)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4ABEE9 #E9754A

analogous

#4AE9C4 #4ABEE9 #4A6FE9

triadic

#4ABEE9 #E94ABE #BEE94A

tetradic

#4ABEE9 #C44AE9 #E9754A #6FE94A

square

#4ABEE9 #C44AE9 #E9754A #6FE94A

split-complementary

#4ABEE9 #E94A6F #E9C44A

monochromatic

#147DA5 #1BA7DB #4ABEE9 #81D2F0 #B7E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4ABEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#4ABEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ABEE9

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ABEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ABEE9	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4abee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.119 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1f0',
    500: '#4abee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4abee9;
$custom-light: #8ed1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4abee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.226,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75353,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ABEE9

secondary

#E6B9A9

accent

#430BDB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ABEE9

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

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