#4AB0DA#4AB0DA

#4AB0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB0DA
RGB	rgb(74, 176, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -16.60, -29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 34.18, 240.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0737 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.111 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9992, 37.5651, 71.9332)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB0DA #DA744A

analogous

#4ADABC #4AB0DA #4A68DA

triadic

#4AB0DA #DA4AB0 #B0DA4A

tetradic

#4AB0DA #BC4ADA #DA744A #68DA4A

square

#4AB0DA #BC4ADA #DA744A #68DA4A

split-complementary

#4AB0DA #DA4A68 #DABC4A

monochromatic

#1D6C8D #2793C0 #4AB0DA #7DC6E4 #B0DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4AB0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#4AB0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB0DA

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB0DA	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 176, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e5',
    500: '#4ab0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab0da;
$custom-light: #8cc7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71457,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB0DA

secondary

#DDB4A3

accent

#703FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB0DA

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

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