#4A9BCD#4A9BCD

#4A9BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.109 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BCD
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -9.37, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 34.28, 254.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0566 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.109 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5606, 29.3037, 62.0549)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BCD #CD7C4A

analogous

#4ACDBE #4A9BCD #4A59CD

triadic

#4A9BCD #CD4A9B #9BCD4A

tetradic

#4A9BCD #BE4ACD #CD7C4A #59CD4A

square

#4A9BCD #BE4ACD #CD7C4A #59CD4A

split-complementary

#4A9BCD #CD4A59 #CDBE4A

monochromatic

#22597B #2F7CAB #4A9BCD #7AB5DA #AAD0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4A9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4A9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BCD

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BCD	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.109 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8dc',
    500: '#4a9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bcd;
$custom-light: #89b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.901,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65991,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BCD

secondary

#D5B39E

accent

#8248E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BCD

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

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