#4A9BC9#4A9BC9

#4A9BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.104 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BC9
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -10.67, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 32.78, 251.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.058 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.104 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0840, 29.1131, 59.5445)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BC9 #C9784A

analogous

#4AC9B8 #4A9BC9 #4A5CC9

triadic

#4A9BC9 #C94A9B #9BC94A

tetradic

#4A9BC9 #B84AC9 #C9784A #5CC94A

square

#4A9BC9 #B84AC9 #C9784A #5CC94A

split-complementary

#4A9BC9 #C94A5C #C9B84A

monochromatic

#235876 #317BA5 #4A9BC9 #79B5D7 #A8CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4A9BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4A9BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BC9

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BC9	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.104 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8d9',
    500: '#4a9bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bc9;
$custom-light: #89b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.732,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65803,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BC9

secondary

#D2B09C

accent

#804ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BC9

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

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