#4A9BD5#4A9BD5

#4A9BD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.117 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BD5
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -6.74, -36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 37.51, 259.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.054 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.117 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5511, 29.6999, 67.2713)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BD5 #D5844A

analogous

#4AD5CA #4A9BD5 #4A56D5

triadic

#4A9BD5 #D54A9B #9BD54A

tetradic

#4A9BD5 #CA4AD5 #D5844A #56D54A

square

#4A9BD5 #CA4AD5 #D5844A #56D54A

split-complementary

#4A9BD5 #D54A56 #D5CA4A

monochromatic

#1F5B86 #2B7DB7 #4A9BD5 #7CB6E1 #ADD2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4A9BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#4A9BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BD5

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BD5	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.117 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e2',
    500: '#4a9bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bd5;
$custom-light: #8ab8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.036,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66379,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BD5

secondary

#DAB9A1

accent

#8642E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BD5

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

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