#4A9BC0#4A9BC0

#4A9BC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.096 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BC0
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 192)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -13.54, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 29.77, 242.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.0612 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.096 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0561, 28.7019, 54.1312)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BC0 #C06F4A

analogous

#4AC0AA #4A9BC0 #4A60C0

triadic

#4A9BC0 #C04A9B #9BC04A

tetradic

#4A9BC0 #AA4AC0 #C06F4A #60C04A

square

#4A9BC0 #AA4AC0 #C06F4A #60C04A

split-complementary

#4A9BC0 #C04A60 #C0AA4A

monochromatic

#25556B #357998 #4A9BC0 #77B4D0 #A5CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4A9BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#4A9BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BC0

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BC0	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.096 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d3',
    500: '#4a9bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bc0;
$custom-light: #87b8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.814,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65393,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BC0

secondary

#CDA999

accent

#7B50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BC0

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

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