#4AB1DA#4AB1DA

#4AB1DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB1DA
RGB	rgb(74, 177, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -17.13, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 34.05, 239.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0747 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.111 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1960, 37.9587, 71.9988)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB1DA #DA734A

analogous

#4ADABB #4AB1DA #4A69DA

triadic

#4AB1DA #DA4AB1 #B1DA4A

tetradic

#4AB1DA #BB4ADA #DA734A #69DA4A

square

#4AB1DA #BB4ADA #DA734A #69DA4A

split-complementary

#4AB1DA #DA4A69 #DABB4A

monochromatic

#1D6D8D #2794C0 #4AB1DA #7DC7E4 #B0DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#4AB1DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#4AB1DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB1DA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB1DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB1DA	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 177, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e5',
    500: '#4ab1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab1da;
$custom-light: #8cc8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71689,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB1DA

secondary

#DDB3A3

accent

#6F3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB1DA

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

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