#4A9BB3#4A9BB3

#4A9BB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.086 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BB3
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -17.57, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 26.58, 228.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0661 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.086 220)
XYZ	xyz(22.6789, 28.1510, 46.8776)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BB3 #B3624A

analogous

#4AB396 #4A9BB3 #4A67B3

triadic

#4A9BB3 #B34A9B #9BB34A

tetradic

#4A9BB3 #964AB3 #B3624A #67B34A

square

#4A9BB3 #964AB3 #B3624A #67B34A

split-complementary

#4A9BB3 #B34A67 #B3964A

monochromatic

#26505C #387688 #4A9BB3 #74B3C6 #A0CBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4A9BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#4A9BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BB3

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BB3	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.086 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8c9',
    500: '#4a9bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bb3;
$custom-light: #86b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64837,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.28153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BB3

secondary

#C49F94

accent

#7356D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BB3

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

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