#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
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 26.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -7.08, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 37.10, 259.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0543 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.116 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4245, 29.6493, 66.6049)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4A9BD4	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BD4

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