#4A9AE6#4A9AE6

#4A9AE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.138 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9AE6
RGB	rgb(74, 154, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 33%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -0.47, -45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 45.56, 269.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.048 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.138 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6572, 30.2772, 79.1814)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9AE6 #E6964A

analogous

#4AE6E4 #4A9AE6 #4A4CE6

triadic

#4A9AE6 #E64A9A #9AE64A

tetradic

#4A9AE6 #E44AE6 #E6964A #4CE64A

square

#4A9AE6 #E44AE6 #E6964A #4CE64A

split-complementary

#4A9AE6 #E64A4C #E6E44A

monochromatic

#165DA0 #1D7CD5 #4A9AE6 #80B8ED #B6D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4A9AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#4A9AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9AE6

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9AE6	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 154, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.138 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7ee',
    500: '#4a9ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9ae6;
$custom-light: #8db7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67029,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9AE6

secondary

#E4C5A8

accent

#9135F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9AE6

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

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