#4A9BCE#4A9BCE

#4A9BCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.110 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BCE
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 24.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -9.04, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 34.67, 254.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0563 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.11 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6817, 29.3522, 62.6926)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BCE #CE7D4A

analogous

#4ACEBF #4A9BCE #4A59CE

triadic

#4A9BCE #CE4A9B #9BCE4A

tetradic

#4A9BCE #BF4ACE #CE7D4A #59CE4A

square

#4A9BCE #BF4ACE #CE7D4A #59CE4A

split-complementary

#4A9BCE #CE4A59 #CEBF4A

monochromatic

#22597C #2F7CAC #4A9BCE #7AB6DB #AAD0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4A9BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#4A9BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BCE

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BCE	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.110 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8dd',
    500: '#4a9bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bce;
$custom-light: #89b8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66039,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BCE

secondary

#D6B49E

accent

#8247E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BCE

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

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