#4AB8DA#4AB8DA

#4AB8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AB8DA
RGBrgb(74, 184, 218)
HSLhsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.03, -20.78, -26.29)
CIE-LCHlch(70.03, 33.51, 231.68°)
OKLaboklab(73.32% -0.0818 -0.0733)
OKLCHoklch(73.32% 0.11 221.9)
XYZxyz(32.6143, 40.7952, 72.4715)
Luminance0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AB8DA #DA6C4A
analogous
#4ADAB4 #4AB8DA #4A70DA
triadic
#4AB8DA #DA4AB8 #B8DA4A
tetradic
#4AB8DA #B44ADA #DA6C4A #70DA4A
square
#4AB8DA #B44ADA #DA6C4A #70DA4A
split-complementary
#4AB8DA #DA4A70 #DAB44A
monochromatic
#1D728D #279CC0 #4AB8DA #7DCCE4 #B0E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#4AB8DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16
#4AB8DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8DA
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AB8DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AB8DA1.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4B4DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A5DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ab8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 221.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde5',
    500: '#4ab8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ab8da;
$custom-light: #8ccde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ab8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73323,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AB8DA
secondary
#DDB1A3
accent
#673FE9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FC
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4AB8DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva