#4AB3DA#4AB3DA

#4AB3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB3DA
RGB	rgb(74, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -18.18, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 33.83, 237.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0768 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.111 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5940, 38.7546, 72.1314)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB3DA #DA714A

analogous

#4ADAB9 #4AB3DA #4A6BDA

triadic

#4AB3DA #DA4AB3 #B3DA4A

tetradic

#4AB3DA #B94ADA #DA714A #6BDA4A

square

#4AB3DA #B94ADA #DA714A #6BDA4A

split-complementary

#4AB3DA #DA4A6B #DAB94A

monochromatic

#1D6E8D #2796C0 #4AB3DA #7DC8E4 #B0DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4AB3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4AB3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB3DA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB3DA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e5',
    500: '#4ab3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab3da;
$custom-light: #8cc9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72155,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB3DA

secondary

#DDB3A3

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB3DA

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

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