#4AB5DA#4AB5DA

#4AB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB5DA
RGB	rgb(74, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -19.23, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 33.67, 235.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0788 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.11 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9977, 39.5621, 72.2660)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB5DA #DA6F4A

analogous

#4ADAB7 #4AB5DA #4A6DDA

triadic

#4AB5DA #DA4AB5 #B5DA4A

tetradic

#4AB5DA #B74ADA #DA6F4A #6DDA4A

square

#4AB5DA #B74ADA #DA6F4A #6DDA4A

split-complementary

#4AB5DA #DA4A6D #DAB74A

monochromatic

#1D708D #2798C0 #4AB5DA #7DCAE4 #B0DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4AB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4AB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB5DA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB5DA	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe5',
    500: '#4ab5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab5da;
$custom-light: #8ccbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.417,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72622,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB5DA

secondary

#DDB2A3

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB5DA

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

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