#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
RGB	rgb(74, 154, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, -5.18, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 39.16, 262.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.0521 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.121 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7696, 29.5222, 69.2400)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##4A9AD8	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A9AD8

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

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