#4A9BC8#4A9BC8

#4A9BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.103 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BC8
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -10.99, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 32.42, 250.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0583 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.104 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9667, 29.0662, 58.9270)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BC8 #C8774A

analogous

#4AC8B6 #4A9BC8 #4A5CC8

triadic

#4A9BC8 #C84A9B #9BC84A

tetradic

#4A9BC8 #B64AC8 #C8774A #5CC84A

square

#4A9BC8 #B64AC8 #C8774A #5CC84A

split-complementary

#4A9BC8 #C84A5C #C8B64A

monochromatic

#235774 #327BA3 #4A9BC8 #79B5D6 #A8CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4A9BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4A9BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BC8

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BC8	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.103 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d9',
    500: '#4a9bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bc8;
$custom-light: #88b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65756,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BC8

secondary

#D2AF9C

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BC8

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

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