#4A9BC5#4A9BC5

#4A9BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.101 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BC5
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -11.95, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 31.38, 247.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0594 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.101 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6195, 28.9273, 57.0986)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BC5 #C5744A

analogous

#4AC5B1 #4A9BC5 #4A5DC5

triadic

#4A9BC5 #C54A9B #9BC54A

tetradic

#4A9BC5 #B14AC5 #C5744A #5DC54A

square

#4A9BC5 #B14AC5 #C5744A #5DC54A

split-complementary

#4A9BC5 #C54A5D #C5B14A

monochromatic

#245671 #337A9F #4A9BC5 #78B5D4 #A7CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4A9BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4A9BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BC5

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BC5	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.101 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d6',
    500: '#4a9bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bc5;
$custom-light: #88b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.488,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65618,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BC5

secondary

#D0AD9B

accent

#7D4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BC5

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

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