#4A9BDD#4A9BDD

#4A9BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.126 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BDD
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -4.08, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 40.99, 264.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0516 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.126 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5916, 30.1161, 72.7515)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BDD #DD8C4A

analogous

#4ADDD6 #4A9BDD #4A51DD

triadic

#4A9BDD #DD4A9B #9BDD4A

tetradic

#4A9BDD #D64ADD #DD8C4A #51DD4A

square

#4A9BDD #D64ADD #DD8C4A #51DD4A

split-complementary

#4A9BDD #DD4A51 #DDD64A

monochromatic

#1B5C91 #257DC5 #4A9BDD #7EB7E7 #B1D4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4A9BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#4A9BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BDD

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BDD	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.126 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e8',
    500: '#4a9bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bdd;
$custom-light: #8bb8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.939,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66781,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BDD

secondary

#DFBEA4

accent

#8B3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BDD

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

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