#4AB6DA#4AB6DA

#4AB6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB6DA
RGB	rgb(74, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -19.75, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 33.60, 234.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0798 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.11 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2018, 39.9702, 72.3340)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB6DA #DA6E4A

analogous

#4ADAB6 #4AB6DA #4A6EDA

triadic

#4AB6DA #DA4AB6 #B6DA4A

tetradic

#4AB6DA #B64ADA #DA6E4A #6EDA4A

square

#4AB6DA #B64ADA #DA6E4A #6EDA4A

split-complementary

#4AB6DA #DA4A6E #DAB64A

monochromatic

#1D718D #279AC0 #4AB6DA #7DCAE4 #B0DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4AB6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#4AB6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB6DA

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB6DA	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce5',
    500: '#4ab6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab6da;
$custom-light: #8ccce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72855,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB6DA

secondary

#DDB1A3

accent

#693FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB6DA

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

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