#4A9BC1#4A9BC1

#4A9BC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.097 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BC1
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 193)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -13.23, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 30.08, 243.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0608 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.097 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1673, 28.7464, 54.7167)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BC1 #C1704A

analogous

#4AC1AC #4A9BC1 #4A5FC1

triadic

#4A9BC1 #C14A9B #9BC14A

tetradic

#4A9BC1 #AC4AC1 #C1704A #5FC14A

square

#4A9BC1 #AC4AC1 #C1704A #5FC14A

split-complementary

#4A9BC1 #C14A5F #C1AC4A

monochromatic

#25556C #357999 #4A9BC1 #78B4D1 #A5CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4A9BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#4A9BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BC1

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BC1	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.097 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d3',
    500: '#4a9bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bc1;
$custom-light: #88b8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.16,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65438,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BC1

secondary

#CDAA99

accent

#7B4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BC1

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

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