#4A9ABC#4A9ABC

#4A9ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.093 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9ABC
RGB	rgb(74, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -14.26, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 28.74, 240.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0616 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.093 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4532, 28.1956, 51.7735)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9ABC #BC6C4A

analogous

#4ABCA5 #4A9ABC #4A61BC

triadic

#4A9ABC #BC4A9A #9ABC4A

tetradic

#4A9ABC #A54ABC #BC6C4A #61BC4A

square

#4A9ABC #A54ABC #BC6C4A #61BC4A

split-complementary

#4A9ABC #BC4A61 #BCA54A

monochromatic

#265366 #367793 #4A9ABC #77B3CD #A3CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4A9ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4A9ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9ABC

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9ABC	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.093 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d0',
    500: '#4a9abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9abc;
$custom-light: #87b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.895,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64981,
    "c": 0.09293,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9ABC

secondary

#CAA798

accent

#7952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9ABC

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

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