#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
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -20.78, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 33.51, 231.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0818 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.11 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6143, 40.7952, 72.4715)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4AB8DA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4AB8DA

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

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