#4A9AE3#4A9AE3

#4A9AE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.134 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9AE3
RGB	rgb(74, 154, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 32.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -1.49, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 44.15, 268.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0489 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.134 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2396, 30.1101, 76.9817)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9AE3 #E3934A

analogous

#4AE3DF #4A9AE3 #4A4EE3

triadic

#4A9AE3 #E34A9A #9AE34A

tetradic

#4A9AE3 #DF4AE3 #E3934A #4EE34A

square

#4A9AE3 #DF4AE3 #E3934A #4EE34A

split-complementary

#4A9AE3 #E34A4E #E3DF4A

monochromatic

#185C9B #207CD0 #4A9AE3 #7FB8EB #B4D5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4A9AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#4A9AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9AE3

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9AE3	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 154, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.134 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7ec',
    500: '#4a9ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ae3;
$custom-light: #8cb7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.627,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66869,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9AE3

secondary

#E2C3A6

accent

#9038F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9AE3

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

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