#4A9AE4#4A9AE4

#4A9AE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.135 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9AE4
RGB	rgb(74, 154, 228)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -1.15, -44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 44.62, 268.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0486 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.135 249)
XYZ	xyz(28.3780, 30.1655, 77.7107)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9AE4 #E4944A

analogous

#4AE4E1 #4A9AE4 #4A4DE4

triadic

#4A9AE4 #E44A9A #9AE44A

tetradic

#4A9AE4 #E14AE4 #E4944A #4DE44A

square

#4A9AE4 #E14AE4 #E4944A #4DE44A

split-complementary

#4A9AE4 #E44A4D #E4E14A

monochromatic

#175C9C #1F7CD2 #4A9AE4 #7FB8EC #B5D5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4A9AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4A9AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9AE4

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9AE4	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 154, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.135 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7ed',
    500: '#4a9ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ae4;
$custom-light: #8cb7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.831,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66922,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.30168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9AE4

secondary

#E3C4A7

accent

#9037F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9AE4

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

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