#4A9BB9#4A9BB9

#4A9BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.090 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BB9
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -15.73, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 27.85, 235.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0638 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.09 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2989, 28.3990, 50.1432)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BB9 #B9684A

analogous

#4AB99F #4A9BB9 #4A63B9

triadic

#4A9BB9 #B94A9B #9BB94A

tetradic

#4A9BB9 #9F4AB9 #B9684A #63B94A

square

#4A9BB9 #9F4AB9 #B9684A #63B94A

split-complementary

#4A9BB9 #B94A63 #B99F4A

monochromatic

#265263 #37778F #4A9BB9 #76B3CA #A2CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4A9BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#4A9BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BB9

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BB9	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.090 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8ce',
    500: '#4a9bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bb9;
$custom-light: #87b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65089,
    "c": 0.09037,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BB9

secondary

#C8A497

accent

#7654D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BB9

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

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