#4A9BD8#4A9BD8

#4A9BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.121 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BD8
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -5.75, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 38.79, 261.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0531 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.121 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9354, 29.8536, 69.2952)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BD8 #D8874A

analogous

#4AD8CE #4A9BD8 #4A54D8

triadic

#4A9BD8 #D84A9B #9BD84A

tetradic

#4A9BD8 #CE4AD8 #D8874A #54D84A

square

#4A9BD8 #CE4AD8 #D8874A #54D84A

split-complementary

#4A9BD8 #D84A54 #D8CE4A

monochromatic

#1E5B8A #297DBC #4A9BD8 #7CB7E3 #AFD3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A9BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4A9BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BD8

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BD8	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.121 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e4',
    500: '#4a9bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bd8;
$custom-light: #8bb8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.775,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66528,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BD8

secondary

#DCBBA2

accent

#8840E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BD8

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

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