#4A9BD7#4A9BD7

#4A9BD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.119 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BD7
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 215)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 27.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -6.08, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 38.36, 260.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0534 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.119 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8065, 29.8021, 68.6164)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BD7 #D7864A

analogous

#4AD7CD #4A9BD7 #4A55D7

triadic

#4A9BD7 #D74A9B #9BD74A

tetradic

#4A9BD7 #CD4AD7 #D7864A #55D74A

square

#4A9BD7 #CD4AD7 #D7864A #55D74A

split-complementary

#4A9BD7 #D74A55 #D7CD4A

monochromatic

#1E5B88 #297DBB #4A9BD7 #7CB7E2 #AED2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4A9BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#4A9BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BD7

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BD7	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.119 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e3',
    500: '#4a9bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bd7;
$custom-light: #8ab8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66478,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BD7

secondary

#DBBAA2

accent

#8841E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BD7

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

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