#4A9BD6#4A9BD6

#4A9BD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.118 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BD6
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, -6.41, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 37.94, 260.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0537 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.118 243)
XYZ	xyz(26.6784, 29.7508, 67.9418)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BD6 #D6854A

analogous

#4AD6CB #4A9BD6 #4A55D6

triadic

#4A9BD6 #D64A9B #9BD64A

tetradic

#4A9BD6 #CB4AD6 #D6854A #55D64A

square

#4A9BD6 #CB4AD6 #D6854A #55D64A

split-complementary

#4A9BD6 #D64A55 #D6CB4A

monochromatic

#1F5B87 #2A7DB9 #4A9BD6 #7CB7E1 #AED2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4A9BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#4A9BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BD6

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BD6	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.118 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e3',
    500: '#4a9bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bd6;
$custom-light: #8ab8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.286,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66428,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.29754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BD6

secondary

#DBB9A1

accent

#8742E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BD6

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

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