#4A9BE6#4A9BE6

#4A9BE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.137 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BE6
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -1.04, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 45.12, 268.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.049 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.137 249)
XYZ	xyz(28.8230, 30.6087, 79.2366)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BE6 #E6954A

analogous

#4AE6E3 #4A9BE6 #4A4DE6

triadic

#4A9BE6 #E64A9B #9BE64A

tetradic

#4A9BE6 #E34AE6 #E6954A #4DE64A

square

#4A9BE6 #E34AE6 #E6954A #4DE64A

split-complementary

#4A9BE6 #E64A4D #E6E34A

monochromatic

#165DA0 #1D7DD5 #4A9BE6 #80B9ED #B6D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4A9BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#4A9BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BE6

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BE6	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6490E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.137 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8ee',
    500: '#4a9be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9be6;
$custom-light: #8db8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.846,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67251,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.30612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BE6

secondary

#E4C5A8

accent

#9035F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BE6

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

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