#4A9ADE#4A9ADE

#4A9ADE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.128 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9ADE
RGB	rgb(74, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(208, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -3.17, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 41.84, 265.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0503 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.128 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5595, 29.8381, 73.4000)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9ADE #DE8E4A

analogous

#4ADED8 #4A9ADE #4A50DE

triadic

#4A9ADE #DE4A9A #9ADE4A

tetradic

#4A9ADE #D84ADE #DE8E4A #50DE4A

square

#4A9ADE #D84ADE #DE8E4A #50DE4A

split-complementary

#4A9ADE #DE4A50 #DED84A

monochromatic

#1B5C93 #247CC7 #4A9ADE #7EB7E7 #B2D4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A9ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4A9ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9ADE

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9ADE	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.128 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7e8',
    500: '#4a9ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ade;
$custom-light: #8bb7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.568,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66607,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9ADE

secondary

#DFC0A4

accent

#8D3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9ADE

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

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