#4A9AD8#4A9AD8

#4A9AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.121 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A9AD8
RGBrgb(74, 154, 216)
HSLhsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.24, -5.18, -38.81)
CIE-LCHlch(61.24, 39.16, 262.39°)
OKLaboklab(66.3% -0.0521 -0.1095)
OKLCHoklch(66.3% 0.121 244.6)
XYZxyz(26.7696, 29.5222, 69.2400)
Luminance0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A9AD8 #D8884A
analogous
#4AD8CF #4A9AD8 #4A53D8
triadic
#4A9AD8 #D84A9A #9AD84A
tetradic
#4A9AD8 #CF4AD8 #D8884A #53D84A
square
#4A9AD8 #CF4AD8 #D8884A #53D84A
split-complementary
#4A9AD8 #D84A53 #D8CF4A
monochromatic
#1E5B8A #297CBC #4A9AD8 #7CB6E3 #AFD2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04
#4A9AD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90
#4A9AD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9AD8
6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A9AD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A9AD81.003.046.906.90
#FFFFFF3.041.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9021.001.001.00
##0000006.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E9BDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6B8ED7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a9ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 154, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.121 244.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7e4',
    500: '#4a9ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a9ad8;
$custom-light: #8bb7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a9ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.197,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.663,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A9AD8
secondary
#DCBBA2
accent
#8940E8
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4A9AD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva