#4A9BBE#4A9BBE

#4A9BBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.094 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BBE
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -14.17, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 29.18, 240.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0619 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.094 229)
XYZ	xyz(23.8360, 28.6139, 52.9721)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BBE #BE6D4A

analogous

#4ABEA7 #4A9BBE #4A61BE

triadic

#4A9BBE #BE4A9B #9BBE4A

tetradic

#4A9BBE #A74ABE #BE6D4A #61BE4A

square

#4A9BBE #A74ABE #BE6D4A #61BE4A

split-complementary

#4A9BBE #BE4A61 #BEA74A

monochromatic

#255468 #367895 #4A9BBE #77B4CE #A4CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4A9BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4A9BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BBE

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BBE	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.094 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d1',
    500: '#4a9bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bbe;
$custom-light: #87b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.103,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65305,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.28616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BBE

secondary

#CBA898

accent

#7951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BBE

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

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