#4A9BC4#4A9BC4

#4A9BC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.100 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BC4
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -12.27, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 31.04, 246.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0597 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.1 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5053, 28.8816, 56.4971)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BC4 #C4734A

analogous

#4AC4B0 #4A9BC4 #4A5EC4

triadic

#4A9BC4 #C44A9B #9BC44A

tetradic

#4A9BC4 #B04AC4 #C4734A #5EC44A

square

#4A9BC4 #B04AC4 #C4734A #5EC44A

split-complementary

#4A9BC4 #C44A5E #C4B04A

monochromatic

#24566F #337A9D #4A9BC4 #78B4D3 #A6CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4A9BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#4A9BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BC4

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BC4	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.100 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d6',
    500: '#4a9bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bc4;
$custom-light: #88b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.164,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65573,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BC4

secondary

#CFAC9B

accent

#7D4DDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BC4

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

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