#4A9BD9#4A9BD9

#4A9BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.122 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BD9
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 28.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -5.42, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 39.23, 262.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.0528 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.122 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0650, 29.9055, 69.9782)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BD9 #D9884A

analogous

#4AD9D0 #4A9BD9 #4A54D9

triadic

#4A9BD9 #D94A9B #9BD94A

tetradic

#4A9BD9 #D04AD9 #D9884A #54D94A

square

#4A9BD9 #D04AD9 #D9884A #54D94A

split-complementary

#4A9BD9 #D94A54 #D9D04A

monochromatic

#1D5C8B #287DBE #4A9BD9 #7DB7E4 #AFD3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A9BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#4A9BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BD9

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BD9	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.122 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e5',
    500: '#4a9bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bd9;
$custom-light: #8bb8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.014,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66578,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BD9

secondary

#DCBCA2

accent

#8940E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BD9

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

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