#4A9BD4#4A9BD4

#4A9BD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.116 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A9BD4
RGBrgb(74, 155, 212)
HSLhsl(205, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(205, 65%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(65.1%, 26.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.35, -7.08, -36.41)
CIE-LCHlch(61.35, 37.10, 259.00°)
OKLaboklab(66.33% -0.0543 -0.1025)
OKLCHoklch(66.33% 0.116 242.1)
XYZxyz(26.4245, 29.6493, 66.6049)
Luminance0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A9BD4 #D4834A
analogous
#4AD4C8 #4A9BD4 #4A56D4
triadic
#4A9BD4 #D44A9B #9BD44A
tetradic
#4A9BD4 #C84AD4 #D4834A #56D44A
square
#4A9BD4 #C84AD4 #D4834A #56D44A
split-complementary
#4A9BD4 #D44A56 #D4C84A
monochromatic
#1F5B84 #2B7CB6 #4A9BD4 #7BB6E0 #ADD2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03
#4A9BD4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93
#4A9BD4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BD4
6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A9BD4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A9BD41.003.036.936.93
#FFFFFF3.031.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9321.001.001.00
##0000006.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#819CD7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E8ED3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a9bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.116 242.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e1',
    500: '#4a9bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a9bd4;
$custom-light: #8ab8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a9bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66329,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A9BD4
secondary
#D9B8A0
accent
#8643E5
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8083

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#4A9BD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva