#4A91E1#4A91E1

#4A91E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.140 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A91E1
RGBrgb(74, 145, 225)
HSLhsl(212, 72%, 59%)
HSVhsv(212, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 35.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(59.10, 3.06, -47.19)
CIE-LCHlch(59.10, 47.29, 273.71°)
OKLaboklab(64.76% -0.0406 -0.134)
OKLCHoklch(64.76% 0.14 253.1)
XYZxyz(26.5350, 27.1402, 75.0597)
Luminance0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A91E1 #E19A4A
analogous
#4ADCE1 #4A91E1 #4E4AE1
triadic
#4A91E1 #E14A91 #91E14A
tetradic
#4A91E1 #E14ADC #E19A4A #4AE14E
square
#4A91E1 #E14ADC #E19A4A #4AE14E
split-complementary
#4A91E1 #E14E4A #DCE14A
monochromatic
#195597 #2272CC #4A91E1 #7EB1EA #B3D1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27
#4A91E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43
#4A91E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A91E1
6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A91E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A91E11.003.276.436.43
#FFFFFF3.271.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4321.001.001.00
##0000006.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6D96E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5888DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A4AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a91e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 145, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.140 253.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb0eb',
    500: '#4a91e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a91e1;
$custom-light: #8cb0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a91e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.788,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64763,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A91E1
secondary
#E1C5A6
accent
#9939EE
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#4A91E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva