#4A9BDE#4A9BDE

#4A9BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.127 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BDE
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 30.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -3.75, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 41.44, 264.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0513 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.127 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7252, 30.1696, 73.4552)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BDE #DE8D4A

analogous

#4ADED7 #4A9BDE #4A51DE

triadic

#4A9BDE #DE4A9B #9BDE4A

tetradic

#4A9BDE #D74ADE #DE8D4A #51DE4A

square

#4A9BDE #D74ADE #DE8D4A #51DE4A

split-complementary

#4A9BDE #DE4A51 #DED74A

monochromatic

#1B5C93 #247DC7 #4A9BDE #7EB8E7 #B2D4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4A9BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4A9BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BDE

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BDE	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.127 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e8',
    500: '#4a9bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bde;
$custom-light: #8bb8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.162,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66832,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BDE

secondary

#DFBFA4

accent

#8C3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BDE

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

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