#4AB4DA#4AB4DA

#4AB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB4DA
RGB	rgb(74, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -18.70, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 33.74, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0778 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.11 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7951, 39.1569, 72.1984)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB4DA #DA704A

analogous

#4ADAB8 #4AB4DA #4A6CDA

triadic

#4AB4DA #DA4AB4 #B4DA4A

tetradic

#4AB4DA #B84ADA #DA704A #6CDA4A

square

#4AB4DA #B84ADA #DA704A #6CDA4A

split-complementary

#4AB4DA #DA4A6C #DAB84A

monochromatic

#1D6F8D #2797C0 #4AB4DA #7DC9E4 #B0DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4AB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4AB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB4DA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB4DA	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae5',
    500: '#4ab4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab4da;
$custom-light: #8ccae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB4DA

secondary

#DDB2A3

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB4DA

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

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