#4A9CB2#4A9CB2

#4A9CB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.086 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9CB2
RGB	rgb(74, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -18.41, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 26.44, 225.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0676 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.086 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7452, 28.4449, 46.4026)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9CB2 #B2604A

analogous

#4AB294 #4A9CB2 #4A68B2

triadic

#4A9CB2 #B24A9C #9CB24A

tetradic

#4A9CB2 #944AB2 #B2604A #68B24A

square

#4A9CB2 #944AB2 #B2604A #68B24A

split-complementary

#4A9CB2 #B24A68 #B2944A

monochromatic

#26505C #387687 #4A9CB2 #74B4C5 #9FCBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4A9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#4A9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9CB2

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9CB2	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.086 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9c9',
    500: '#4a9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9cb2;
$custom-light: #86b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65036,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9CB2

secondary

#C49E94

accent

#7157D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9CB2

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

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