#4A9BB2#4A9BB2

#4A9BB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.086 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BB2
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -17.88, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 26.40, 227.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0665 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.086 219)
XYZ	xyz(22.5781, 28.1107, 46.3469)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BB2 #B2614A

analogous

#4AB295 #4A9BB2 #4A67B2

triadic

#4A9BB2 #B24A9B #9BB24A

tetradic

#4A9BB2 #954AB2 #B2614A #67B24A

square

#4A9BB2 #954AB2 #B2614A #67B24A

split-complementary

#4A9BB2 #B24A67 #B2954A

monochromatic

#26505C #387587 #4A9BB2 #74B3C5 #9FCBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4A9BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4A9BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BB2

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BB2	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.086 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8c9',
    500: '#4a9bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bb2;
$custom-light: #86b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.269,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64796,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.28113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BB2

secondary

#C49F94

accent

#7257D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BB2

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

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